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Melissa Seifman

Education Outrage: Why do we still have schools? - 1 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 18 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Competition: Why should school be a competitive event?
  • We learn what we choose to know in real life.
  • Stress: When 6 year olds are stressed about going to school you know that something is wrong.
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  • Right answers: School teaches that there are right answers.
  • But, in real life, there are very few right answers.
  • Bullying and peer pressure
  • In school there are always other kids telling you how to dress, how to act, how to be cool.
  • Stifling of curiosity: Isn’t it obvious that learning is really about curiosity?
  • Adults earn about things they want to learn about. Before the age of 6, prior to school, one kid becomes a dinosaur specialist while another knows all about dog breeds. Outside of school people drive their own learning. Schools eliminate this natural behavior.
    • Tero Toivanen
      Tero Toivanen on 18 Apr 09
       
      Exactly!
  • Subjects chosen for you:
  • Classrooms:
  • Classrooms make no sense as a venue for learning unless of course you want to save money and have 30 (or worse hundreds of) students be handled by one teacher.
  • Schools cannot work as places of learning if they employ classrooms.
  • Grades: Any professor can tell you that students are pretty much concerned with whether what you are telling them will be on the test and what they might do for extra credit.
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 21 Apr 09
       
      I disagree - Employers do have rating systems, performance evaluations, but most of those are on the whole person, not just technical or academic skills
  • Parents do not give grades to children and employers do not give grades to employees. They judge their work and progress for sure, but not by assigning numbers to a report card.
  • Certification: We all know why people attend college. They do primarily to say they are college graduates so they can get a job or go on to a professional school.
    • Caroline Roche
      Caroline Roche on 20 Apr 09
       
      So, why is this the student's fault? Why blame, or disadvatage them for this? We should be fighting the system that causes students to work like this, not blaming them for doing it! it is the constant testing and league table system that is wrong.
  • Confined children: Children like to run around.
  • Of course in school, sitting still is the norm. So we have come up with this wonderful idea of ADD, i.e. drug those who won’t sit still into submission. Is the system sick or what?
  • Academics viewed as winners: Who are the smartest kids in school?
  • Those who are good at these subjects go on to be professors. So those are certainly the smartest people we have in our society.
  • But, I can tell you from personal experience that our society doesn’t respect professors all that much, so something is wrong here.
  • Practical skills not valued: When I was young there were academic high schools and trade high schools. Trade high schools were for dumb kids. Academic high schools were for smart kids.
  • The need to please teachers: People who succeed at school are invariably people who are good out at figuring what the teacher wants and giving it to them.
  • In real life there is no teacher to please and these “grade grubbers” often find themselves lost.
  • Self worth questioned: School is full of winners and losers.
  • In school, most everyone sees themselves as a loser. Why do we allow this to happen?
  • Politicians in charge: Politicians demand reform but they wouldn’t know reform if it hit them over the head.
  • Major learning by doing mechanism ignored: And last but not least, scholars from Plato to Dewey have pointed that people learn by doing. That is how we learn. Doing. Got it? Apparently not. Very little doing in schools. Unless you count filling in circles with number 2 pencils as doing.
  • Government use of education for repression: As long as there have been governments there have been governments who wanted people to think that the governments (and the country) is very good.
  • School is about teaching “truth.”
  • Discovery not valued: The most important things we learn we teach ourselves.
    • Tero Toivanen
      Tero Toivanen on 18 Apr 09
       
      Autotelic learning!
  • This kind of learning is not valued in school because it might lead to, heaven forbid, failure, and failure is a really bad word in school. Except failure is how we learn, which is pretty much why school doesn’t work.
    • Tero Toivanen
      Tero Toivanen on 18 Apr 09
       
      Exactly!
  • Boredom ignored: Boredom is a bad thing. We drug bored kids with Ritalin so they will stop being bored.
  • What they mean is that school should be like they remember rather than how it is now
    • Caroline Roche
      Caroline Roche on 20 Apr 09
       
      Not accepting students with straight A's only shows your own prejudices. Students can be good at a range of subjects, without being passionately interested in all of them. Lots of people are self motivated, without being teacher pleasers, they just wish to do their best in everything for their own satisfaction.
  • Caroline Roche on 20 Apr 09
     
    Why do we have schools? Instead of answering this question by listing all the good things that schools provide, which anyone can do, I will turn the question around: What is bad about having schools?
  • Melissa Seifman on 21 Apr 09
     
    Why do we have schools? Instead of answering this question by listing all the good things that schools provide, which anyone can do, I will turn the question around: What is bad about having schools?
Scott Kinkoph

TeachThoughtYouth And Digital Learning: Are Kids Different Because Of Digital Media? - 0 views

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  • Scott Kinkoph on 22 Nov 12
     
    Youth And Digital Learning: Are Kids Different Because Of Digital Media?
Ehsan Ullah

Top 5 Christmas Gifts Ideas For Kids - 0 views

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  • Ehsan Ullah on 10 May 12
     
    Christmas is still a while away, but it's never too early to think about your Christmas plan and ideas of gifts for your your kids on this year.
John Evans

5 Reasons to Teach Kids to Code | Ed Tech Ideas - 0 views

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  • John Evans on 17 Oct 13
     
    "With the Hour of Code coming up (December 9-15), here is a great infographic from Kodable explaining why coding is such a useful skill for kids (and adults) to learn."
Dorothy Hastings

Happy Memorial Day: 4 Ways Your Kids Can Participate - 0 views

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  • Dorothy Hastings on 21 May 15
     
    Memorial Day is an opportunity to teach your kids about patriotic themed activities. Here are four you can try on Memorial Day to teach them about the day.
Cara Whitehead

Keyboarding Games for Kids - Learning to Type Games for Kids | Learning Games For Kids - 0 views

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  • Cara Whitehead on 30 Jan 11
     
    A great collection of keyboarding games for kids
Jonathan Wylie

The Best Free Science Games for Kids Online: Educational Fun for Everyone - 0 views

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  • Jonathan Wylie on 05 Feb 11
     
    Are your kids inquiring young scientists who are always curious about the world around them? If so, the following websites are just what you need. They contain some of the best science games for kids online. Each of them are fun to explore and play with, but they also have a sound educational base.
Dorothy Hastings

Incredible Celebration of Christmas with Unanimity - 0 views

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Christmas Activities with Kids Christmas Celebrations Around the World 'Christmas Crafts from Various Countries

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  • Dorothy Hastings on 24 Dec 14
     
    Want to make this Christmas memorable for your kids? Try this Christmas celebration idea with your kids and tech them how Christmas is celebrated all around the world.
sulmahmud1

Which Educational Games for the Kids Should Be Given child | Department Of Education - 0 views

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  • sulmahmud1 on 27 Jan 15
     
    There remain a huge number of educational games for the kids. Among them, you have to find out the effectives for your child's mental & physical development.
chifrostudios

Nursery Rhymes for Kids for Android - 0 views

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  • chifrostudios on 14 Apr 15
     
    Best Educational for Pre-School Kids which provides creative way of learning to kids , where they can enjoy musical rhymes and can dance on the beats
kidsrkids

Pre-K (Pre-Kindergarten) Childcare Program in North Brunswick, NJ - 0 views

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  • kidsrkids on 07 Jun 21
     
    The Pre-K program sets your child up for success for Kindergarten and ahead. Kids 'R' Kids Learning Academy Pre-K program provides them with a foundation of learning, fun and development while they preparing for the excitement of starting school that will help them for the rest of their lives!
raseorakesh

Swim Lessons - 0 views

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  • raseorakesh on 21 Feb 24
     
    Searching for the best Swim Lessons for your baby can be challenging in Singapore. But OtterSwim solves this problem for parents by offering kids the best and safest swim lessons. At OtterSwim, we have a team of experienced and skilled professionals who teach kids the basics of water. So come with us in this guide to learn more about Swim School.
Brian Beierle

Share What You're Reading | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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  • Brian Beierle on 11 Mar 13
     
    Book reviews for kids, by kids. No account required
Brian Beierle

Magnetic Poetry : Play with the Kids Magnetic Poetry Kit - 0 views

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  • Brian Beierle on 20 Mar 13
     
    Fun way to engage kids in poetry
Steve Ransom

Talentism: My Son Won't Do His Homework - 28 views

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  • Every employer I know of (and I would assume that you are no exception Colin) wants engaged employees who are passionate about their jobs. Most employers do not want employees who hate their work but persist through it anyway. It is a fallacy to believe that we are teaching our kids that the heart of innovative capability (and therefore their future job prospects) is best served by doing something you hate for an extended period of time no matter the consequences.
  • But I have to focus on what will get them work, even if that will hurt them, society, the companies that hire them and everyone around them.
  • "Why are you so convinced that my son is going to be an academic or an investment banker?" Because as far as I can tell, those are the only two things that schools prepare kids to be.
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  • and that the stuff that he loves (art and music and video games) will be a great future for him and the stuff he hates (math and science) is something he will never compete in, never have a chance at.
  • But school doesn’t care, because school does not have the objective of helping my son produce the maximum amount of value in the future that he will probably encounter. School cares about ensuring that he knows how to take tests, follow directions and can do math that he will never have to care about for the rest of his life.
  • Steve Ransom on 03 Jun 13
     
    Most employers do not want employees who hate their work but persist through it anyway. It is a fallacy to believe that we are teaching our kids that the heart of innovative capability (and therefore their future job prospects) is best served by doing something you hate for an extended period of time no matter the consequences.
fabrizio bartoli

Money as You Grow - Kids and Money - President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability - 0 views

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  • fabrizio bartoli on 10 Apr 13
     
    Money as You Grow provides 20 essential, age-appropriate financial lessons--with corresponding activities--that kids need to know as they grow
Brian Nichols

The Best iPhone Apps for Kids - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Brian Nichols on 13 Feb 10
     
    The Best iPhone Apps for Kids
Martin Burrett

Tate Kids - Colour Colour - 0 views

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  • Martin Burrett on 14 Apr 12
     
    This is a good virtual art colouring activity from the Tate Art Gallery. See full screen at http://kids.tate.org.uk/games/colour-colour/colour.swf http://j.mp/Hzjr9o http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art%2C+Craft+%26+Design
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