During the past three months, millions of parents have had to become ”experts” in teaching and learning, familiarizing themselves with school subjects, study skills, instructional objectives, distance learning, and a lot more. However, there’s one teaching component that is central to learning that often gets left out of the mix: helping a child or teen’s...Read More
Something has been bothering me about today’s education climate that is not easy to articulate. It has to do with the state of knowledge in our schools. It seems to me that knowledge has become a commodity like wheat or beef, which needs to be fed to students in finite quantities. Most teachers act as...Read More
About education: here’s what I don’t understand. On the one hand, you have the child – this incredibly wonderful organism that has had millions of years to evolve a beautifully complex brain designed to be naturally curious, playful, vital, creative, and joyful. On the other hand, you have this amazing world: exquisite life forms, unbelievable...Read More
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