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Most kids need the structure of the in-person school to be motivated to learn day by day, over a long period. If you give them a playlist and a bunch of problem
by visarga 5y ago
Most kids need the structure of the in-person school to be motivated to learn day by day, over a long period. If you give them a playlist and a bunch of problems to solve they will feel overwhelmed and alone.
- barry-cotter 5y agoIn person school is not exactly motivating either. Trying to force information students don't care about and won't use into their heads and have them remember it is hard. Learning about things you care about is highly motivating. School has a limited amount of that. The High School Survey of Student Engagement finds that 66% of high school students are bored in class every day. Seventeen percent say they're bored in every class every day. Two percent claim they're never bored. 82% say the material isn't interesting; 41% that it isn't relevant[1]. Middle school students are bored 36% of the time during schoolwork, versus 17% for other activities. [1]Yazzie-Mintz 2010, pp.6-7 [2] Larson and Richards 1991, pp. 427-29
- visarga 5y agoI agree that in person schooling also fails in motivating most children. It's a bit more effective than remote learning though. Take a look at the trajectory of MOOCs and see how hard it is to do.
- jaclaz 5y agoI would say that most kids need classmates more than anything else, school is (IMHO) a lot about doing other things besides listening to lessons/teachers.
- bluetwo 5y agoFor the first part I'm describing, no, they don't need classmates. For the second part, yes, they do.