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    Nobel Prize Winners Hate School
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    rene     Sat, Sep 26, 2009  Permanent link
    I agree that education is an essential topic of discussion which for some reason is usually overlooked, even though it can change the world more effectively than almost anything else. As an example, take a look at my synapsed post about interactivity, the internet and Maria Montessori.
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         Sat, Sep 26, 2009  Permanent link
    Hahaha, I just found an old 1000 lira bill from Italy with maria montessori on it in my desk drawer a couple of days ago! I don't know where it came from, but sure is a cool coincidence!
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    Gingerrr     Sun, Oct 18, 2009  Permanent link
    I believe that kids should be taught how to learn, rather than being given information.
    I mean, information is available everywhere now, but what kids lack is the ability to distinguish what sort of information is useful, given a certain context.
    I think formal education should only last a few years, maybe 5. Think about all the expenses that would be cut off.
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         Sun, Oct 18, 2009  Permanent link
    Agreed. Information technology is only going to get more accessible. Media literacy is something that's way too lacking, you're right. It should certainly be something everyone knows but it's far from that, it seems. I bet that wouldn't be amazingly hard to change, though, as it's just a matter of convincing the masses after getting their attention, right?

    I just remember school deterring me from learning certain things by making it seem like some kind of chore with all sorts of bad associations. I didn't do amazingly well in school except in the subjects I studied outside of the curriculum on my own time, well away from those deterrents to wanting to learn.

    We will never foster emergent intelligence or abilities in weaker students until we remove the psychological and pedagogical barriers that create artificial hierarchies in our schools and prevent weaker students from succeeding. And teachers will never make the effort to remove those barriers until they have seen evidence that emergent intelligence can appear in weaker students. So the hierarchies persist. (...) I believe that children who are educated according to their potential could do well in every subject. I am not claiming that all children will be exactly the same, or that they will all reach the same level of achievement or enjoy every subject equally... But I believe there is a standard in every subject—well above the one we now expect of competent students—that almost all elementary students could easily achieve.


    -John Mighton, The End of Ignorance

    This guy runs a program in Eastern Canada called the JUMP math program. He recognizes a something in the way how they teach math which fails kids in a big way - It rushes them through it. Since they're graded on ability, if they don't keep up with the curriculum's forced march, their perception of their ability will decrease. They're falling, the stampede is stepping on them, and leaving them behind. He addresses this simply by stopping for a second, going back, and helping them keep on learning from where they fell by showing that it's more a matter of effort than their perception of ability.

    Ability is mostly something which is not innate. 'Learning Disabled' and 'Gifted' are concepts which should become outmoded when we can prove that.

    I've linked this guy's work here before: Here's an entire book's worth of well written material on the subject of the hows and whys of the wrongs of compulsive schooling. Enjoy!
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    Amfoes     Mon, Oct 19, 2009  Permanent link
    Compadre Dmitri, perdóname por favor, I hate doing this - posting a link without any comment - but I am really short on time.

    http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
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    HelloAlexCL     Mon, Oct 19, 2009  Permanent link
    That John Mighton quote is excellent. I'll have to pick up that book. I'd like to become a teacher in the next couple years, so it's great to see stuff about education on here. Please keep it coming.
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