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Originally Posted by Dozer523
Goes to prove (anecdotally) the 'problems of education' are not learning problems.
Actually those who are surprised by this are the problem of education.
BRAVO Kids!
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Dozer, I want to add to the anecdotal evidence. Daughter #1 is a teacher in the the Head Start Program. Over half of her class is labeled as having a learning disability or behavioral problems. Rather than stick to the administratively directed program she started engaging the kids in learning programs. She has 4-year old kids understanding the concept of gravity, they can identify the planets in the solar system, they can count, the know the letters of the alphabet, the can write the letters. Her class from last year (the first year that she tried this) placed way ahead of the other kids in their Kindergarten class. What's new is that she challenges the kids to learn, they eat it up, they pay attention, no behavior problems because they are not bored and they are engaged in something that is fun. THEY HAVE LEARNED THAT LEARNING IS FUN!!
The other teachers were very skeptical and said that these kids could never grasp such advanced concepts. Now they are amazed and are wondering how she does it. It's simple, curiosity is innate. Our education system with all its prescriptive, mandated assessments and boilerplate lesson plans simply drives the curiosity out of the majority of kids. Hence they are bored and when they are bored behavior problems emerge. Just another case study in the ills of micromanagement IMO.
Oh, BTW, Daughter #1 is way behind in her assessments and the admins are regularly giving her shit and bad evals for it.
I keep telling her continue doing what she is doing - it is working!