{"id":3055,"date":"2026-03-26T21:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:23:34","slug":"episode-98-fake-plastic-trees-obsolete-best-practice-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/lifelong-learning\/episode-98-fake-plastic-trees-obsolete-best-practice-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 98: Fake Plastic Trees: Obsolete \u201cbest practice\u201d in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey there! Thanks for joining us, as we continue our rapidly-dwindling countdown to the triple digits of this EnT! At the risk of coming off oxymoronic, all best practices in any area of endeavor will at some point be rendered obsolete! Perhaps this is as plain as the nose on your no doubt good-looking face! We, however, beg to differ, as is our wont, and we do get into the digital weeds here a bit! Please check it out, below! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ed non-Tech Podcast 98: Fake Plastic Trees: Obsolete \u201cbest practice\u201d in education\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EnP7XqW9Gug?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve done our best with what we have to make this video something you&#8217;d want to have! At least for a bit! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/EnT-98-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This audio is authentically the most impressive we&#8217;re capable of at this exact moment in time! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/source.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3065\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260315180049.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">20260315180049<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0fc672d04df6c90e3cb5ccd9732a425cf87d1b44.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3064\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2875680200920887;width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doug&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Obsolete \u201cbest practice\u201d in education<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">References to best practice began to appear in the special education literature in the early 1980s and have become more pervasive with each passing year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clearly, in the span of 3 years the definition shifted from the use of age appropriate skills across settings, to strategies and methods, to delivery of instruction, to quality-of-life outcomes. Implicitly, best practice wavered from the student (skills needed) to the instruction (method) and back to the student (outcomes produced).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peters, M. T., &amp; Heron, T. E. (1993). When the best is not good enough: An examination of best practice. <em>The journal of special education, 26<\/em>(4), 371-385.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3088\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best practices in teaching should help physicians meet these challenges with new skills that enable them to improve communication and be more effective agents of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blackburn, G. L. (2005). Teaching, learning, doing: best practices in education\u2013. <em>The American journal of clinical nutrition, 82<\/em>(1), 218S-221S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3089\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.133794499746921;width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-5.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-5-300x265.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBest practices seemingly offer clear, crisp, logical and actionable ideas on how to deal with inherently uncertain questions.\u201d In reality, however, the concept presents a series of problems relating to creation, implementation, and success<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No Objective Goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Objective Standards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Methodology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conflicting, Confusing, or Wrong Best Practices<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robbins, I. P. (2009). Best practices on best practices: Legal education and beyond. <em>Clinical L. Rev., 16<\/em>, 269.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3090\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-5.png 541w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-5-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too often we seek the most up-to-date material at the expense of the monumental works that defined a discipline \u2026 We must, of course, stay up-to-date on current trends in our field. However, we must also remember that the insights of tomorrow are dependent on the knowledge of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lunceford, B. (2009). In defense of teaching&#8221; outdated&#8221; material. <em>ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 66<\/em>(3), 263-268.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6-850x850.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is it possible that what was done in the past to prepare teachers is still viable today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teixid\u00f3, M. Pedagogy and 21st century digital technology: teaching during a pandemic and improving an outdated model. <em>Journal of the World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education, 4<\/em>(1), 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7-850x567.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Obsolete \u201cbest practice\u201d that still exist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bloodletting In Modern Medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporal Punishment In Schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Observing Daylight Saving Time&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sending Faxes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching Cursive Writing In Schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Carbon Paper For Document Duplication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dialing Rotary Phones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical Attendance As A Productivity Measure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chalkboards In Educational Institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overhead Projectors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Film Cameras&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing Photos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Memorizing Phone Numbers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Paper Checks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Typing on Typewriters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Public Payphones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operating VCRs and Cassette Players<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Encyclopedias<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Playing vinyl records<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Obsolete disciplines &amp; skills<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Latin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Home economics &#8211; cooking lard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cursive writing &#8211; penmanship with a steel tipped pen \/ quill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elocution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodshop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Etiquette &amp; manners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moral education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abacus use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phrenology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Metalworking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alchemy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using a card catalogue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using a sliderule<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shorthand notetaking &#8211; the Gregg system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morse code<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Floppy disk lessons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-1024x985.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-1024x985.png 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-768x739.png 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-850x818.png 850w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3093\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3459751282533372;width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Best practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Who decides what best practice is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phrases of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Giving the student agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Empty verbiage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Z9UGJ5.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3094\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5h0qHwNrHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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