August 2011
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Generational Learning Styles Are Bunk, Part 28
Via Downes, this 2008 summary of the research on whether today’s students really do learn differently. The answer is probably best summed up in these two excerpts: “In contrast to the dubious bromides provided by the “experts” quoted above, a review of educational research reveals that there are virtually no research-based findings or evidence drawn from robust Continue reading
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Skills-banking
Skills-banking Chomsky via Leigh Blackall: “On the contrary, our so-called democratic schools are based on an instrumental skills-banking approach that often prevents the development of the kind of thinking that enables one to ‘read the world’ critically and to understand the reasons and linkages behind facts.” I’m not sure I would trust Chomsky’s view on Continue reading
Hapgood 