Wow: Bill . . . you have put your point so very well: that should be engraved on stone and tattooed onto every teacher's head!

Thanks so much.

Richmond.

On 9/18/17 7:07 pm, William Prothero via use-livecode wrote:
Folks:
Because livecode is so relevant for education, I suppose this is a reasonable 
discussion for the users list. So, I will add another 2 cents.

One of the most interesting ideas I’ve heard recently, in education, is the idea 
that it’s very important to emphasize the “struggle” to learn. If students can learn 
that the “struggle" to acquire knowledge and understanding is vital, normal, 
and will be rewarding, they will become better lifelong learners.

As education tech folks, we try to make the content we want to present as 
clear, easy, and transparent as possible. In our effort, we may be reinforcing 
expectations that gaining knowledge should be easy. But, what is actually 
accomplished may be memorization and a shallow understanding of how existing 
knowledge can be used to explore and enhance new knowledge.

Best,
Bill P

On Sep 18, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:

Reading through that article, I get the sense that he believes that people are 
not educated or intellegent because the system of education is wholly 
responsible for failing to do so. Intellegent people often make this 
miscalculation, that they believe intellegence is something that can be 
nurtured. I disagree.

I think we can do a lot to maximize the mental health and growth of each 
individual child, but every child is different, and only a few will ever excel. 
Alan Kay seems like one of those few, and is frustrated that more people cannot 
be made to think like him. With all my experience with people, trying to teach 
them just to use the technology in front of them to good advantage, I have come 
to believe that this is a fools errand. Some people cannot learn much more, but 
most simply WILL NOT learn. They only absorb enough technology to get them by.

I think it's a huge mistake to try and treat all children as though they are capable of 
learning as well as the top 10 percentile. This approach has been disasterous in american 
schools, because what actually happens is, classes become tailored to the lowest 
percentile of students to try and bring them along, and those who might have excelled are 
held back until a stage in their development where it is likely too late. In America, we 
call that "equality".

In Europe (I have heard) or at least in some countries, exceptional children 
are noted and are put on a path of higher learning that the others are not. 
This would give mose high level school administrators in America caniption fits 
to even suggest this. We would have riots in our streets. I fear we are not 
long for the 1st world.

Bob S



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