What if we stopped working toward educating the person as if there was something missing from their current state? What if people are not problems to be fixed but opportunities to be unlocked? What if every student, as they are, is already complete and fully valued? This, at least, would overcome some of the racial, … Continue reading Already Complete
The Challenge of Competency
Formal education still has to wake up to the fact that a human being is more than just a walking brain - or at least figure out some way to measure academic growth besides standardized tests!
Andragogy vs Pedagogy
Why do we try to differentiate adult education from child education? What if we flipped it around and tried to discover what was different in the child’s experience of learning? Would we simply accept the idea that children are less self-directed, or would we incorporate self-direction into their learning experience so they could become better learners? Would we … Continue reading Andragogy vs Pedagogy
Human-Centered Learning 