August 23, 2007
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ITEMS FOUND IN AN OLD BOOKBAG, PART ONE?
From an article, printed off on October 24, 2002:
“Encompassing Education,” by Diana Walczak:
“To create such a functional education system for the coming century, we must find ways to break down long-standing educational shortcomings:Problem Set 1:
· Faster and slower students are alienated because teaching is aimed at the average student
· Less aggressive students learn less
· Teachers don’t have time to give individualized instruction
Solution 1 – Customize the learning processProblem Set 2:
· Students don’t experience enough
· Students have trouble visualizing abstract concepts
· Students don’t utilize enough of their senses
· Students don’t utilize balance and coordination when learning
Solution 2 – Utilize the senses and experience moreProblem Set 3:
· Disciplines are too separate
· There is too much emphasis on grades, rules and directions rather than creativity
· The arts have taken a superfluous position in education
· Too few students are interested in learning
Solution 3 – Foster a heightened sense of curiosity“Other essay’s titles I found printed off (unread, probably, to this day):
“Who Am We? – We are moving from modernist calculation toward postmodernist stimulation, where the self is a multiple, distributed system.” by Sherry Turkle, January 1996!
“Playing the Future: How Kids’ Culture Can Teach Us to Thrive in an Age of Chaos.” by Douglas Rushkoff; reviewed by Mike Eisenberg, August 1999!
