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I had something like that in elementary school in Belgium and it was amazing. I have never been taught so well since then, except for 1 case in University! Man

I had something like that in elementary school in Belgium and it was amazing. I have never been taught so well since then, except for 1 case in University! Many topics are much easier to understand (and generalise from, and memorise!) if they are tackled from multiple angles, without regard for "subjects". We would approach them with some math, some history, physics, biology, ecology - whatever helped. And since everything was well organized, lessons built upon the previous ones and all prerequisites were introduced at the correct time. This even had the advantage that we would remember more abstract math and formulae well, because we knew where we had used it to learn interesting things! :) Of course, that probably took a lot of work and dedication (1 teacher did all of it for each school year), even more so for high school I suppose. But it was worth it, and the lack of integration/connection is one of the biggest problems I see with the current school system in Germany/Austria.

qayxc 6y ago
The biggest problem in public schools is money above everything else. My mother is a teacher and so I have to listen to her horror stories at least once a week. There's simply not enough teachers, run-down schools, outdated equipment, unmotivated teachers some of whom spend more time "sick" at home than in school and regular experiments with curricula teaching methods... I never thought I'd become that guy, but as of late I've come to realise that the best teachers I had were indeed the "Neulehrer" - people who, after WW2 were assigned teaching jobs without formal pedagogical education due to lack of personell back then. These teachers knew their subjects, didn't give a crap about "advisories" from the state's education board and taught based on decades of experience. Their methods sometimes seemed oddly out of place and even archaic, but they were effective ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

qayxc 6y ago

The biggest problem in public schools is money above everything else. My mother is a teacher and so I have to listen to her horror stories at least once a week. There's simply not enough teachers, run-down schools, outdated equipment, unmotivated teachers some of whom spend more time "sick" at home than in school and regular experiments with curricula teaching methods... I never thought I'd become that guy, but as of late I've come to realise that the best teachers I had were indeed the "Neulehrer" - people who, after WW2 were assigned teaching jobs without formal pedagogical education due to lack of personell back then. These teachers knew their subjects, didn't give a crap about "advisories" from the state's education board and taught based on decades of experience. Their methods sometimes seemed oddly out of place and even archaic, but they were effective ¯\_(ツ)_/¯