Comments on: Kids will be kids http://beespace.net/kids-will-be-kids/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:14:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Alexander Hayes http://beespace.net/kids-will-be-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Alexander Hayes Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:14:13 +0000 http://beespace.net/?p=886#comment-745 School effectively prepares children for the meaningless automoton unthinking tasks that two-bit employers require to pump product before personality. I've taught inside prisons ( real ones )....... What matters most is in celebrating freedom.......creating choice......and informing students that they can become employers of others that harness the skills and talents of the person first...then product. Dont let the structure colonize you. School effectively prepares children for the meaningless automoton unthinking tasks that two-bit employers require to pump product before personality. I've taught inside prisons ( real ones )…….

What matters most is in celebrating freedom…….creating choice……and informing students that they can become employers of others that harness the skills and talents of the person first…then product.

Dont let the structure colonize you.

]]> By: bdieu http://beespace.net/kids-will-be-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-743 bdieu Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:15:38 +0000 http://beespace.net/?p=886#comment-743 Yes..well said..."if a child is engaging in the world in a given way"...but are they all engaging in the same way? Do you know what each one's cultural background is or are you enforcing your perspective of a new world on them based on the echo chamber that the web can become? We all know different things, which are not better or worse, superior or inferior. What kids know, what teachers and experts know, what books transmit just serve different purposes and needs. Kids of a certain age basically need attention being directed at them, on their specific needs, ideas and passions and these should be linked to content and perspectives which expand their exposure to the world and allows them to better understand how it functions and ticks + the rules that they should abide to become part of it or contest it. Instructional / educational technology or social interaction per se will not make attention or learning happen... Yes..well said…"if a child is engaging in the world in a given way"…but are they all engaging in the same way? Do you know what each one's cultural background is or are you enforcing your perspective of a new world on them based on the echo chamber that the web can become?

We all know different things, which are not better or worse, superior or inferior. What kids know, what teachers and experts know, what books transmit just serve different purposes and needs. Kids of a certain age basically need attention being directed at them, on their specific needs, ideas and passions and these should be linked to content and perspectives which expand their exposure to the world and allows them to better understand how it functions and ticks + the rules that they should abide to become part of it or contest it. Instructional / educational technology or social interaction per se will not make attention or learning happen…

]]> By: Doolang http://beespace.net/kids-will-be-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Doolang Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:57:53 +0000 http://beespace.net/?p=886#comment-742 I would say that entire approach is fundamentally flawed. It's a new world we need new ways of embracing it. If a child is engaging the world in a given way then have them translate it into a shared experience. Maybe we need to go where their attention is rather than trying to force them to put their attention where the book says they should put it. What if they know more than the books? I would say that entire approach is fundamentally flawed. It's a new world we need new ways of embracing it. If a child is engaging the world in a given way then have them translate it into a shared experience. Maybe we need to go where their attention is rather than trying to force them to put their attention where the book says they should put it. What if they know more than the books?

]]> By: Interact, engage, learn « Random Thoughts http://beespace.net/kids-will-be-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Interact, engage, learn « Random Thoughts Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:51:52 +0000 http://beespace.net/?p=886#comment-741 [...] first post I read today was from Bee, who wrote about how stifling school feels to her, now that she is back from sabbatical.  She [...] [...] first post I read today was from Bee, who wrote about how stifling school feels to her, now that she is back from sabbatical.  She [...]

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