The only area I have seen a positive process is in trade school programs. A wrench doesn’t care about feelings
For the more academic programs, a return to traditional methods and discipline has proven to raise outcomes (Michaela in the UK, charter schools in the US)
The results say that traditional education is better though, at least in academic outcomes.
There should be flexibility in the eduction process. What works best is task mastery, application of concepts, and consistent standards. That’s why vocational has an edge, it focuses on those items.
The biggest issue is that kids fall behind at varying rates, and a single teacher can’t possibly tailor educational material to each individual’s specific needs. And - especially in maths - once you fail at a basic skills (like knowing multiplication tables) you can’t do much of the higher order tasks.
AI assisted learning can help.
Check out Joe Liemandt’s work if you really want an education revolution.
I don’t think they need more screen time when we look at what the other countries that are more successful and see how they approach education with their students
Children and teens are creating friendships and seeking information using the Internet nowadays, so why can't we teach using their favorite tool (Computer & the Internet) ?
This can save time, save money, literally SAFER than having to wait for a school bus, kids risk getting beat-up in school. Plus, schools will no longer have to spend money to maintain a building, hire janitors, nurse, and cooks, .....
How about bringing teaching material through TV and/or Computers into each home?
Students (even parents) can learn from TV and/or Computer, knowledge is categorized towards different grade levels ? So that it can be an "Universal Family Learning Experience".
Then, kids are only allowed to move onto the next level by testing, then frequent testing after each learned segments, at the end of the course, student must pass the Final Exam.
Part of the problem is that families and children don’t fund political campaigns…unions do.
You can fix education by replacing excuses with expectations.
The only area I have seen a positive process is in trade school programs. A wrench doesn’t care about feelings
For the more academic programs, a return to traditional methods and discipline has proven to raise outcomes (Michaela in the UK, charter schools in the US)
The results say that traditional education is better though, at least in academic outcomes.
There should be flexibility in the eduction process. What works best is task mastery, application of concepts, and consistent standards. That’s why vocational has an edge, it focuses on those items.
No. That would be unworkable.
Allow industry to set curriculum instead.
The biggest issue is that kids fall behind at varying rates, and a single teacher can’t possibly tailor educational material to each individual’s specific needs. And - especially in maths - once you fail at a basic skills (like knowing multiplication tables) you can’t do much of the higher order tasks.
AI assisted learning can help.
Check out Joe Liemandt’s work if you really want an education revolution.
I don’t think they need more screen time when we look at what the other countries that are more successful and see how they approach education with their students
Children and teens are creating friendships and seeking information using the Internet nowadays, so why can't we teach using their favorite tool (Computer & the Internet) ?
This can save time, save money, literally SAFER than having to wait for a school bus, kids risk getting beat-up in school. Plus, schools will no longer have to spend money to maintain a building, hire janitors, nurse, and cooks, .....
How about bringing teaching material through TV and/or Computers into each home?
Students (even parents) can learn from TV and/or Computer, knowledge is categorized towards different grade levels ? So that it can be an "Universal Family Learning Experience".
Then, kids are only allowed to move onto the next level by testing, then frequent testing after each learned segments, at the end of the course, student must pass the Final Exam.