I've read some Gatto and know about unschooling. But how does that tie in to your advocacy for Jython, for example? And what does this sentence even mean: "Mark sets out to do good; my worry is how many Bucky Fullers the curriculum he plans is about to grind to ruin."
I can't understand your logic yet. The commitment is to bottom-up curriculum development, not one guy (not me, not anyone) imposing some top-down compulsory "must learn" thing, except insofar as we tie to the pre-existing national curriculum for South Africa. The lesson plans will specify what software is needed. If that software actually exists, so much the better. And the students themselves are authors of some of these lesson plans. It's a community effort. A lot of these TuxLabs double as businesses after hours, with some of the same talent overlapping i.e. the dual-use nature of the lab makes for a convenient apprenticeship and transition to paying work for older, more skilled kids. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
