From Now On The Educational Technology Journal Vol 4 . Contents Page 1. Monthly Comments 2.
Group think .
Surely everyone has read a version at least once of the old warning . . . Those who fail to read the mistakes of the past are condemned to repeat them. Even so, it seems we fall prey in the schools to bandwagon after bandwagon, sweeping along with the appearance of change while the core beliefs and structures remain virtually unshaken. I witnessed this phenomenon during a technology planning workshop recently during which the leader had skillfully coordinated a mammoth brainstorming process which engaged a hundred educators in moving from table to table listing innovative possibilities. It was mind-stretching and quite exciting.