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Christyinsdesign bookmarked on 2009-07-04 education changemanagement change

A comparison of standardized schooling with industrial agriculture and the effects of the obsession on productivity in both environments

  • In standardized environments, students with a high tolerance for monotony and the ability to repress their curious gene are deemed the fittest of the bunch.
  • It seems that despite (or maybe because of) our fetish with productivity, many of humanity's most pressing issues seem to be getting worse. The unnatural selection playing out in schools creates what every educational institution's mission statement pledges against: the creation of uncritical, passive, challenge-averse individuals, unwilling and unable to tackle the challenges of the 21st-century.

This link has been bookmarked by 6 people . It was first bookmarked on 26 Jun 2009, by Carmen Tschofen.

  • 09 Jul 09
    kfive9
    kfive9

    Admin_Lic_projects_resources

  • 04 Jul 09
    christyinsdesign
    Christy Tucker

    A comparison of standardized schooling with industrial agriculture and the effects of the obsession on productivity in both environments

    education changemanagement change

    • In standardized environments, students with a high tolerance for monotony and the ability to repress their curious gene are deemed the fittest of the bunch.
    • It seems that despite (or maybe because of) our fetish with productivity, many of humanity's most pressing issues seem to be getting worse. The unnatural selection playing out in schools creates what every educational institution's mission statement pledges against: the creation of uncritical, passive, challenge-averse individuals, unwilling and unable to tackle the challenges of the 21st-century.
  • mdhtoday
    Melvin Hall

    wow change education

  • 27 Jun 09
    chericem
    Cherice Montgomery
    • "Most of the efficiencies in an industrial system are achieved through simplification: doing lots of the same thing over and over."
    • Like corn planted in a monoculture, removed from the diversity that protects it, or cattle fed an unnatural diet of corn, students today are fed a standardized diet of procedures and reproducible facts. This educational monoculture does nothing to nourish minds that have evolved to seek diversity, novelty and stimulation.
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  • boydlogan
    Boyd Logan

    Awesome comparison between Pollan's treatise on food production and the way our schools work.

  • 26 Jun 09
    ctscho
    Carmen Tschofen

    obstacle biophilia

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