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Not sure what jurisdiction you're in, but I'm in Canada where we generally have good teachers. The problem we're experiencing is a curriculum that we feel is be
by privacypoller 8y ago
Not sure what jurisdiction you're in, but I'm in Canada where we generally have good teachers. The problem we're experiencing is a curriculum that we feel is becoming easier over time and shifting away from core fundamentals. Teachers are powerless to oppose or address this, regardless of how they personally feel or want to teach.
Should my 10-yr-old learn coping strategies for anxiety? absolutely, but she should also be learning some Canadian and World geography, be able to multiply numbers beyond 8x8, practice word and logic problems and understand that computers are not just cell phones and ipad applications.
If we relied solely on the public education system it would be questionable if any of these were covered.
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- afarrell 8y agoI notice that The things you list are things that can learn online from youtube and video games. - Geography Now: https://youtu.be/DxxZOsfsIUM https://youtu.be/DxxZOsfsIUM - Crash Course Computer Science: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNlUrzyH5r6jN9ulIgZBpdo https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNlUrzyH5r6... - 6.004 EdX: https://www.edx.org/course/computation-structures-part-1-digital-mitx-6-004-1x-0 https://www.edx.org/course/computation-structures-part-1-dig... - Hearts of Iron, Europa Universalis, Sid Meyer’s Pirates, Railroad Tycoon, bunches of kids games teach geography or arithmetic Whereas there isn’t really a good digital experience you can build to teach brain-management skills... or is there?
- indigochill 8y agoOne of Coursera's top courses is a course on learning how to learn, which is really about learning the balance of self-discipline (both how to do it and why it works). It works not just for learning, but also for time management and other things: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn Don't know about online courses for things like emotional health, but I see no reason there couldn't be.
- afarrell 8y agoYou know, thats a good course to reference. Giving it a second think, a lot of CBT is skills-based, so I think I’d like to agree. Though, I suspect that such a mooc for anxiety does not yet exist
- gowld 8y agoNot sure why this is downvoted. Learning facts is the easiest thing to do in any settings. Learning skills like "how to read and manage workloads, and advice on what to rea" is what needs guidance and training.
- gowld 8y agoI don't know Canada, but in the USA: > learning some Canadian and World geography Social studies is not part of the multi-state standard, but part of (for example) Washington State) standard http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/pubdocs/SocialStudiesStandards.pdf http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/pubdocs/SocialStudiesStan... (page 14) > multiply numbers beyond 8x is a 3th-grade standard http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/3/NBT/ http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/3/NBT/ > practice word problems in the standard http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/4/OA/ http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/4/OA/ > and logic problems This sort of "math enrichment" subject area is a major gap in public education. > and understand that computers this is hit-and-miss and mostly ignored by standards, but the standard does get into some pencil-and-paper type algorithmics http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/4/OA/#CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.C.5 http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/4/OA/#CCSS.Math.Co... http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/5/OA/ http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/5/OA/ Of course, quality of instruction varies school by school.