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Selecting for individual kids and dumping the rest is what clubs are for outside of school though, not actual classes. Anybody can make a course that only a few
by hackermailman 7y ago
Selecting for individual kids and dumping the rest is what clubs are for outside of school though, not actual classes. Anybody can make a course that only a few will benefit from, the trick is designing a course that has proven results for all students taking it otherwise why even waste their time.
- crazypyro 7y ago"One size fits all" is not a realistic goal. Ever heard of "No Child Left Behind"? The government provided a set of minimum requirements everyone should meet, yet provided no metric gathering beyond the minimum, no funding for advanced studies. Result was a huge decrease in funding for gifted students and there's been several studies on the negative effects. In my opinion and personal experience, it was awful for any gifted children and all the gifted programs were drastically cut. One size fits all classes are not the answer. Kids are too varied in aptitude.
- sgillen 7y agoI think the course described above might be a better fit for an intro survey course at the college level. Or as an upper level elective course for high schoolers. You can select for people for are actually interested, and you’re really just introducing the students to concepts that are worth there own class to get to the level where you can actually apply them.