Pace? Whose Pace?

by Courtney Belolan

​Pace, as it is commonly understood and applied in education, is at its root a concept that is in conflict with learner-centered proficiency based education.  Educators think about pace as the the rate at which the curriculum scope and sequence moves. One big problem with pace is that it is usually set by someone other than the one doing the learning.  Another big problem is that teachers, schools, and districts use pace as a subjective measure of performance.  In both of these cases, the learner is not at the center of the learning and the industrial model of education is perpetuated.

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