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From my limited experience (being a child and raising one child) I would say that the problem is more that we (as adults) pretend that the simplified thing is t
by kruffalon 2y ago
From my limited experience (being a child and raising one child) I would say that the problem is more that we (as adults) pretend that the simplified thing is the whole picture.
Every time someone told me: "this is a simplified version to give you a basic understanding and later you will be able to learn more accurate versions" that was tremendously helpful and sometimes it sparked my curiosity and motivated me to look stuff up myself.
I mean we should get ahead of the realisation that it doesn't add up.
- alexey-salmin 2y agoI suspect that the best approach would be not to "get ahead", but rather see this realisation develop naturally and help it along the way. It's hard to get critical thinking if everything is already criticized before you even come. This can work with your kids though but I don't know if it can be effectively scaled to a school class. Maybe on a few dedicated play/discovery sessions, not on a regular basis.
- jon_richards 2y agoWhen I moved to the US in 3rd grade, I was marked wrong for putting negative numbers as answers on a math test. The correct answer was "You can't subtract a larger number from a smaller number".
- macintux 2y agoI got into an argument with my science teacher in 4th or 5th grade about whether rivers could flow north, because on a globe, north is up.
- mrWiz 2y agoI had a similar experience, but was fortunate that the teacher took me aside and explained that I was right but they were teaching a simplified version. In hindsight that was really a helpful approach.