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The schools system most definitely has its issues as far as curriculum is concerned. However I think the problem is more in the way schools are structured than
by ssono 10y ago
The schools system most definitely has its issues as far as curriculum is concerned. However I think the problem is more in the way schools are structured than what they teach. Salman Khan has a great book about it.
Curriculum organization is one of his main points. An alternative to periods and subjects is a sort of freeform classroom with unpaced curriculum with several teachers circulating to help. This is supposed to avoid classes moving too quickly or too slowly and continually engage students.
- RichardHeart 10y agoImproving tactics towards the wrong strategy is better, but not best. Full stop replacement of some subjects with other subjects would make more "useful" people. If the goal isn't utility, any subject can be defended as being as valuable as any other subject, because they all have side benefits which they leach value from. Like the defense that video games improve hand eye coordination.
- bko 10y agoI second that curriculum organization is terrible in most schools. This became obvious when I was working on a mobile game. It involved a wide range of subjects from (obviously) programming, geometry, algebra, logic, design, etc. I imagine that if students had a project they would touch on many different subjects. This would be a lot more effective than learning subjects in a silo with no understanding of practical application.