05-11-2011, 10:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2011, 10:04 PM by [wcip]Angel.)
(05-07-2011, 01:25 AM)--Pete Wrote: Break topics into small chunks, and only allow progression when there is progress. Ideally, every day should be a chunk, and every day should be succeed or repeat. But it has to be by topic and it has to be in short chunks.2 problems:
1. In a class of 30 kids, 20 will understand what you're talking about, 5 will get most of it, and 5 will be clueless. Do you advance or repeat? Which kids do you ignore?
2. By repeating chunks of information because 'it didn't set it in' that day makes planning a semester nightmarish. Also, you'll never be able to get through the curriculum by repeating all the chunks of information the students didn't understand.
Quote:Get rid of grades. Establish a feedback loop where performance determines progression and a certain amount of progression opens the door to further advancement.
This would establish a system where kids who come from an enlightened home (well educated, intelligent parents who help their children and supply them with necessary learning tools, books, computers, etc) will advance while students who come from a poor background, a broken home, a family where parents dont give a shit about their kids, will be forever "left behind". Class society will perpetuate. I'm not a socialist, even though I sound like one here.
Quote: The spiral approach has the advantage of keeping the previous knowledge and building on it. Thus, in literature, one can spiral from "hero", to "main character", to "protagonist" -- each a concept containing the previous concepts but at a more intricate level.We do this already, at least over here.
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As a general rule, when it comes to education, it's much easier pointing out what doesn't work, than finding out what actually does.
