Thoughts About Education
Thoughts About Education
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Shouldn’t we be “teaching” kids how to function in the world? How to question? How to reason? How to get along with each other? How to collaborate? How to be economically responsible? How to be healthy? How to help? How to care? How to enjoy life? How to be happy? Is it possible that we’re teaching the wrong “stuff” in our schools?
We make learning complicated, irrelevant, and boring. We should bring simplicity to complexity and make learning relevant and engaging. We learn by focusing on our own interests, inquiring, having choices, setting goals, working with a mentor, collaborating, observing, talking, doing, failing, reflecting, and trying again. “Inquiry” is messy, but critical to learning (as is emphasized in Warren Berger’s book, A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas). Inquiry is messy, but it’s usually comprised of the following equation: Why? + What if? + How? = Solution. Shouldn’t we be supporting kids to inquire about what’s important to them? Shouldn’t we be preparing kids for life, instead of preparing them for education? |
Class Field Trip: Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary
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Anonymously posted on my classroom door . . . pretty cool!