I was talking to my wife today about how our sons will grow up and learn in school. I just watched this video today about how kids learn to add. It was so complicated and they were only 7 years old. The teachers were fiddling with this interactive white board while the children looked on.
I wonder if my son will learn through school only,learn from school and outside of school or learn in spite of school. Right now I am contented he can read and can count. Will he dream in class? Will he long for the bell to ring so he can get out into the real world?
All these learning theories swirling in my head, I wonder if they will do my 2 boys any good? For some reason after watching a video on changing education paradigms, I find myself thinking if my idea of school for the past 6 years have been wrong. Increasingly, it should be about getting students to get excited in class so they can leave it to learn more.
I asked my son what he likes best about school. He said “Art”. “What do you do in Art?” “Paint lor…”. Then he said he liked ” dramatic”. “What’s that?” He said, ” kitchen, then you cook for customers.” I think pre-school is more interesting than primary and secondary schools.
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