59 sats \ 8 replies \ @398ja 6 Jul \ parent \ on: What If Public Schools Were Abolished? econ
The current school system is based on many false assumptions. For example, kids don't always develop same interests, or if they do, not always at the same time. Age-group classes are therefore a huge mistake. Same as teacher-led education.
Maria Montessori got it right.
Maria Montessori got it right.
I agree
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How much is "a bit", though? Can this be determined objectively?
By standardising the curriculum, you are indirectly standardising the kids and that's the cité of the problem, because they are, by the nature of things, different.
Instead, the difference should be encouraged, but this is incompatible with scolarisation, especially on a large scale.
(I use the word "scolarisation" because for me scolarisation and education are not the same)
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That's a great term. I've never seen it before.
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One of the great things about English is that it's flexible enough to incorporate new words. "Scolarisation" deserves to be its own term, although people do make the distinction between "schooling" and "education" that you're highlighting.
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I like new terms that can help make useful distinctions. I took "scolarisation" to mean trying to force all kids into a particular mold of scholarship.
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