Education Should Be More Childish. Teach Students To Think Irrationally by Terry Heick The folly of formal learning is a humbling, melancholy thing. As planners, designers, executors, and general caretakers of public and private education systems, we are tasked with the insurmountable: overcome a child’s natural tendency to play, rebel, and self-direct in hopes of providing them with a ‘good education.’ Reading, writing, arithmetic, etc.
And this isn’t wrong. But there’s also an unfortunate darker side to formal learning processes–especially when you crowd 800 in a school and 32 in a classroom and ‘hold teachers accountable.’ This is a side that can be more concerned with that accountability than anything else–and that means students accountable to teachers, teachers accountable to principals, principals accountable to superintendents, superintendents accountable to state government agencies, and everyone accountable to many measures of ‘motivation’ and/or punitive action. Faster, Cheaper, Better. Thiagi.com Freebies Articles and Handouts Faster, Cheaper, Better by Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan A modified version of this article was published in Educational Technology [Volume 42, Number 3, May-June 2002].
Some Opening Thoughts Instructional designers have a favorite statement: You can only have any two of these three: faster, better, or cheaper. During the past 10 years of instructional design, I have discovered that it is possible to have all three (faster, cheaper, and better) by using unconventional strategies. There is an obvious connection between faster and cheaper: Since the major cost of instructional design is directly related to the time spent by the designer and subject-matter experts, a faster project turns out to be a cheaper one also. We are still trying to make explain this paradoxical outcome. When you are working faster, you limit yourself to the absolutely essential skills and concepts. Case Studies Application Program. Java Programming. New Process. Sales Letters. Badges For Your Moodle | Gamification Badges for Moodle Learning Motivation!
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