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What a false dichotomy. Nobody's saying we should stop teaching kids to write. We're just not teaching them cursive. If writing by hand helps kids learn to read
by normloman 12y ago
What a false dichotomy. Nobody's saying we should stop teaching kids to write. We're just not teaching them cursive. If writing by hand helps kids learn to read, they will still receive these benefits as they learn to write in print.
Does anyone know of a school that doesn't teach print anymore?
- ernesth 12y agoFinland has chosen to not teach handwriting anymore, teaching typing instead. http://thelearnersway.net/ideas/2014/12/12/handwriting-vs-typing-reflecting-on-finlands-changing-policy-on-cursive-writing http://thelearnersway.net/ideas/2014/12/12/handwriting-vs-ty... It is not just cursive versus block letters (which is not very important) but really should handwriting still be taught.
- normloman 12y agoBut in the first line: "Finland recently made the news for its decision to shift away from a focus on handwriting. Beginning in 2016 students will not be required to learn cursive handwriting and instead will be taught typing skills." So again, this is a school system ditching cursive. Not handwriting. I disagree that cursive vs block letters is not important. In the past schools have taught both. But as typing replaces writing for long texts, cursive has become obsolete. Yet I still find many uses for block lettering. Let's teach block, and ditch cursive for typing instruction.