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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbOqxQUB10A

Do you agree? Do you think there's any benefit to alternate teaching styles present in our schools today?

>> No.6017608

Of course, but good luck getting the teachers unions to go for that

>> No.6017646

First: How is this science related?
Second: Why is property close to the good schools so expensive?

>> No.6017689

>>6017598
I actually disagree with Sowell here, the people who "just aren't book learners" are mostly just not taught to read a lot, and well. All of my siblings read a shitload, because every night our father sat down and read to us as we were going to sleep, I think those non "book learners" just never had an experience like this.

>> No.6017691

>>6017646
because schools are enrolled geographically, not based on grades and test scores
low supply, high demand

>> No.6017690

>>6017646
you got it backwards.

High property taxes go towards school funding which causes good schools. At least that's how it is in my state (Texas)

>> No.6017699

>>6017598
I've been attending an online only University and it seems to be working quite well. I can challenge any courses I already know and move on to the courses that I really need to focus on. On top of that, the classes are relatively inexpensive.

That being said, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that isn't a self-motivated student. If you need accountability and spoon-fed course work, this sort of program isn't for you.

>>6017689
>TFW you realize reading is the most important skill anyone can learn.

>> No.6017702

>>6017699
>>TFW you realize reading is the most important skill anyone can learn.
and sadly, most people are not taught to read a lot
many kids can't read even by grade school, I was reading chapter books in kindergarten, and I didn't imagine that was impressive then (and I still don't) but most kids were just learning to sound out words at that point. I have no experience with raising children, but how hard could it be, in a western country, if you don't have to work fourteen hours a day, to sit down and read to your kids?

>> No.6017751

AS A 16 YEAR OLD WITH NO TEACHING EXPERIENCE, LET ME TELL YOU WHY I KNOW BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE

ONLY SMART KIDS SHOULD GET TAUGHT EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BE SHOT

>> No.6017761

>>6017702
I was in a special reading class in the second grade. But I had just moved to the country that year. I did not have to attend the following year. I felt bad for my classmates that did.

>> No.6017762

>>6017608
murrrka

>> No.6017764

>>6017751
As a grad student working on a masters in education, let me ask you to stop yelling.

>> No.6017779

>>6017646
>How is education science related
Really?

>> No.6017799

I think one problem is that everybody is treated the same even though there is evidence that individual learning types very much exist and have impact on personal success. I'm not saying they are the only factor, but you could argue those who do well in school are to a large degree lucky survivors of an obsolete system that happend to fit their personal needs. Also one should mention social dynamics in classes matter as well, considering it's influence on motivation in terms of visiting the school and or learning motivation with even worse consequences when the teacher himself/herself isn't motivated.

>> No.6017811

>>6017799
To be short. We're are pretty fucking bad at noticing what individuals need and even if we knew we would be still unable to do anything about it because of the rigid nature of the current educational environment.

>> No.6017813

>>6017799
that it's why the huge thing in education these days is differentiated instruction. you are supposed to be presenting your lesson in multiple ways to work for all your students. and even the sjittiest textbook will include a page or two on how to take instruction for different sorts of larger

>> No.6017818

>>6017751
As a sixteen year old with no teaching expierence, let me tell you that being 16 itself and having no teaching expierence is no valid argument but rather a fallacy appealing to authority.

>> No.6017888

>>6017751
don't you mean "TOT"?

>> No.6017899

fuck this thread. everybody out.

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>>6017598

>> No.6018040

>>6017690

I know. That's what I was driving at.

99% of the people complaining about the quality of schools are lazy people who want someone else to take responsibility for educating their kids.