Comments on: 15 Minute Education Plan http://theinnovationist.com/2010/05/15-minute-education-plan/ Irregular Ideas on Business, Philosophy, and Tech Fri, 18 May 2012 23:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Antonio http://theinnovationist.com/2010/05/15-minute-education-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Antonio Sat, 29 May 2010 22:10:22 +0000 http://theinnovationist.com/?p=684#comment-189 I think what you're proposing is a great idea in concept but it would be difficult to scale up beyond one-on-one teaching. When you're explaining something new to someone, you make certain affordances for how they are comprehending. You can make immediate adjustments to the "lesson" when you see that they are struggling with one section or quickly move through the topics that are obviously understood.<br><br>You can't perceive those subtle comprehension clues, much less react to them when you scale to three, four, or a roomful of pupils. This phenomenon is precisely why our education system has suffered since the advent of "No Child Left Behind." Teaching to the lowest common demoninator will result in just that, the lowest baseline.<br><br>I think what you've stumbled onto is that learning needs to happen at an individualized pace. What we need is a technological or psychological solution that would allow the teacher or curriculum to be responsive to the comprehension of each pupil and make adjustments to the pace or depth accordingly. I think what you're proposing is a great idea in concept but it would be difficult to scale up beyond one-on-one teaching. When you're explaining something new to someone, you make certain affordances for how they are comprehending. You can make immediate adjustments to the “lesson” when you see that they are struggling with one section or quickly move through the topics that are obviously understood.

You can't perceive those subtle comprehension clues, much less react to them when you scale to three, four, or a roomful of pupils. This phenomenon is precisely why our education system has suffered since the advent of “No Child Left Behind.” Teaching to the lowest common demoninator will result in just that, the lowest baseline.

I think what you've stumbled onto is that learning needs to happen at an individualized pace. What we need is a technological or psychological solution that would allow the teacher or curriculum to be responsive to the comprehension of each pupil and make adjustments to the pace or depth accordingly.

]]> By: Antonio http://theinnovationist.com/2010/05/15-minute-education-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Antonio Sat, 29 May 2010 17:10:22 +0000 http://theinnovationist.com/?p=684#comment-187 I think what you're proposing is a great idea in concept but it would be difficult to scale up beyond one-on-one teaching. When you're explaining something new to someone, you make certain affordances for how they are comprehending. You can make immediate adjustments to the "lesson" when you see that they are struggling with one section or quickly move through the topics that are obviously understood.<br><br>You can't perceive those subtle comprehension clues, much less react to them when you scale to three, four, or a roomful of pupils. This phenomenon is precisely why our education system has suffered since the advent of "No Child Left Behind." Teaching to the lowest common demoninator will result in just that, the lowest baseline.<br><br>I think what you've stumbled onto is that learning needs to happen at an individualized pace. What we need is a technological or psychological solution that would allow the teacher or curriculum to be responsive to the comprehension of each pupil and make adjustments to the pace or depth accordingly. I think what you're proposing is a great idea in concept but it would be difficult to scale up beyond one-on-one teaching. When you're explaining something new to someone, you make certain affordances for how they are comprehending. You can make immediate adjustments to the “lesson” when you see that they are struggling with one section or quickly move through the topics that are obviously understood.

You can't perceive those subtle comprehension clues, much less react to them when you scale to three, four, or a roomful of pupils. This phenomenon is precisely why our education system has suffered since the advent of “No Child Left Behind.” Teaching to the lowest common demoninator will result in just that, the lowest baseline.

I think what you've stumbled onto is that learning needs to happen at an individualized pace. What we need is a technological or psychological solution that would allow the teacher or curriculum to be responsive to the comprehension of each pupil and make adjustments to the pace or depth accordingly.

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