Background
Kennedy, Mark Alan was born on July 20, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Millford Gordon and Lyn (Cheaney) Kennedy.
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Lessons from the Hawk
(Building on the metaphor of a hawk circling a field, Kenn...)
Building on the metaphor of a hawk circling a field, Kennedy develops the concept that there are four fundamental approaches that human beings have towards learning, only one of which is the traditional, analytic, professorial model. Written for practical teachers who are looking for better ways to engage all of their students in learning, Kennedy shows how teachers can determine their own dominant learning perspectives and recognize that many of their students approach education with far different viewpoints and expectations. He follows with specific suggestions how to match each student's approach to learning with the subject matter at hand and to extend their repertoire of talents and perspectives through homework. For Kennedy, classrooms that truly honor each student's individuality must by definition be active, working models of democracy. True educational reform for him fundamentally requires schools that no longer feel compelled to demand standardization and regimentation, but schools that accept—and even encourage—genuine educational diversity and individuality. Lessons from the Hawk is a wise yet very practical book for teachers and administrators who know that creating good schools involves more than scoring high on national tests, that it really means schools that care about students as individuals by understanding, honoring, and developing the learning perspectives that they bring into the classroom.
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Mark Alan Kennedy
Edit ProfileMiddle and secondary school educator
Education
Bachelor with honors, California State University, 1978; postgraduate, Western Seminary, 1978-1979; postgraduate, Fuller Seminary, 1980-1983; Master of Education, U. LaVerne, 1997.
Career
Sales manager, Kennedy Investments, Ontario, California, 1980-1983;
regional vice president, A.L. Williams, Rancho Cucamonga, California, 1983-1989;
loan officer, Funder's Mortgage Corporation, Covina, California, 1989-1990;
mathematics, social science teacher, language development specialist, Ontario-Montclair School District, 1990-1996;
mathematics, social science teacher, language development specialist, West End Cmty. School, since 1996;
lead teacher, West End Cmty. School, since 1998;
teaching assistant Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon, 1978-1979.
Instructor Cmty. Institute, 1979. Soccer coach De Anza College Middle School, Ontario, 1990-1993, core team leader, coop teacher, 1992-1995, student county advisor, 1992-1993, bilingualadv. county, 1992-1996, district language arts/social science trainer, 1993-1994. Advisor University of California Riverside Honors Students' Inner City Literacy Program, 1993-1995.
Mentor teacher Ontario-Montclair School District, 1994-1995. Consultant Institute in Local Self Government, Sacramento, 1994-1996, Association California Sh. Adminstrs., 1994-1995.
Learning styles consultant, since 1994. Member school attendance review board, since 1996. Co-chair San Bernardino County Joint Program Quality Review and We.
Association of Schools and Colls. (WASC) Team, since 1998.
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Lessons from the Hawk
(Building on the metaphor of a hawk circling a field, Kenn...)
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Lessons from the Hawk
Membership
With United States Navy, 1971-1975. Member ASCD, Association California School Adminstrs., National Dropout Prevention Network, Phi Alpha Theta (member chair 1976-1978).
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Married Kim Danelle Kramer, January 30, 1972. 1 child, Brianna Lynn.
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Religion
Presbyterian