Another Article on Less Structured Education
by rrusczyk, Dec 3, 2009, 3:43 PM
Again, sent to me by Mary O'Keeffe.
Amusingly, I read the article by reading the first section, then jumping to the end and reading it more or less backwards. I suspect the author would approve.
I do a lot of thinking about how to embrace these principles at AoPS. I feel we do a bit -- our classes are much more about what the students do on their own than a typical school class, and involve a lot more discussion. But I don't think we've reached a fully open ideal, and am not super-confident we really can, since the surrounding culture is an important part (I think) of an effective unstructured education. That culture is harder to make immersive online.
Amusingly, I read the article by reading the first section, then jumping to the end and reading it more or less backwards. I suspect the author would approve.
I do a lot of thinking about how to embrace these principles at AoPS. I feel we do a bit -- our classes are much more about what the students do on their own than a typical school class, and involve a lot more discussion. But I don't think we've reached a fully open ideal, and am not super-confident we really can, since the surrounding culture is an important part (I think) of an effective unstructured education. That culture is harder to make immersive online.
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