Joel Liu's personal annotations on this page
Joel bookmarked
on 2009-09-10
-
Russell Ackoff, who I took a class from at Wharton twenty plus years ago, says in his book, Turning Learning RIght Side Up
, that he has learned more from teaching than anything else. Of course that makes sense. I learn way more blogging, giving talks, and teaching than I do listening to others. When you are required to explain something to others, you have to figure it out yourself first.
I love the idea of turning students into teachers and I would do that going all the way down to elementary school. But in high school and college, it ought to be a primary way we educate students.
I am going to dig deeper into the unschooling movement and look at other models, like the Montessori schools, to figure out who is doing this well and why. It's a bit late for my own kids, who have largely been educated in the traditional school system (albeit a progressive one).
But if we are going to fund people who are hacking education, I think its best to figure out what is working and what is not. Then we know what to hack and why.
This link has been bookmarked by 3 people . It was first bookmarked on 27 Apr 2009, by Alex Kaufman.
-
-
Russell Ackoff, who I took a class from at Wharton twenty plus years ago, says in his book, Turning Learning RIght Side Up
I love the idea of turning students into teachers and I would do that going all the way down to elementary school. But in high school and college, it ought to be a primary way we educate students.
I am going to dig deeper into the unschooling movement and look at other models, like the Montessori schools, to figure out who is doing this well and why. It's a bit late for my own kids, who have largely been educated in the traditional school system (albeit a progressive one).
But if we are going to fund people who are hacking education, I think its best to figure out what is working and what is not. Then we know what to hack and why.
-
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.