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That sounds about as useful as teaching the principles behind riding a bicycle without giving students a chance to actually practice on the real thing.
by EForEndeavour 7y ago
That sounds about as useful as teaching the principles behind riding a bicycle without giving students a chance to actually practice on the real thing.
- bluGill 7y agoPractice is required or course. I've ridden bicycles with coaster bikes (pedal backward to stop) and rim brakes (maybe called something else?). I've seen disk brakes, and fixed pedal bikes - even though I've never been on either I expect that I could ride and stop one. Schools should have a number of different programs available and students should use several different ones. It is fine to have a favorite, but you should be able to use any without specific instruction. Teach students to type (QWERTY is standard enough to teach even if dvorak might be better). Teach them to save early and often. There is nothing magical about that. Spend more of the time teaching grammar, spelling, reviewing rough drafts, and the other timeless principals that will never change.
- johnday 7y agoThat's a pretty good analogue, given that bicycles are proprietary.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoWhat? The bicycle design is not proprietary.
- johnday 7y agoNot the design, no, but bicycles themselves are trademarked and sold as a product. It's a free-as-in-beer problem rather than free-as-in-freedom.