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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 822532" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Island,</p><p> </p><p>I've not seen Waiting for Superman but I'll check it out when I can. Thanks for the heads up.</p><p> </p><p>I believe and have for a long time that the top down educational structure of american education is forever broken, and for a variety of reasons. But what I've found most interesting over the last couple of years are the ideas and concepts in the realm of education that are discussed at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">TED.</span></a> TED offers tons of lectures on a variety of subjects but in the case of education there are over 80 of them and all worth seeing. However, one has always been one of my favorites and <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">here's the link to it.</span></a> You'll also laugh alot as it's humorously entertaining while making some great points. </p><p> </p><p>Another lecture poised the question, <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Can children actually teach themselves?</span> </a>The answers were most suprising and one that should cause us to pause and re-think how we think of the education process. The 19th century Prussian education model is and has been a failure and I hope going forward we will begin to rethink the entire education model. Also the idea that once we reach a certain age that education is over is another fallacy that has been in increasing collaspe and I hope it continues to do so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 822532, member: 2189"] Island, I've not seen Waiting for Superman but I'll check it out when I can. Thanks for the heads up. I believe and have for a long time that the top down educational structure of american education is forever broken, and for a variety of reasons. But what I've found most interesting over the last couple of years are the ideas and concepts in the realm of education that are discussed at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)"][COLOR=red]TED.[/COLOR][/URL] TED offers tons of lectures on a variety of subjects but in the case of education there are over 80 of them and all worth seeing. However, one has always been one of my favorites and [URL="http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html"][COLOR=red]here's the link to it.[/COLOR][/URL] You'll also laugh alot as it's humorously entertaining while making some great points. Another lecture poised the question, [URL="http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html"][COLOR=red]Can children actually teach themselves?[/COLOR] [/URL]The answers were most suprising and one that should cause us to pause and re-think how we think of the education process. The 19th century Prussian education model is and has been a failure and I hope going forward we will begin to rethink the entire education model. Also the idea that once we reach a certain age that education is over is another fallacy that has been in increasing collaspe and I hope it continues to do so. [/QUOTE]
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