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Don't underestimate "19th century factory style" school systems. I think it's dangerous how fast rote memorization is put aside, when it's the only reliable mea
by bayesianhorse 11y ago
Don't underestimate "19th century factory style" school systems. I think it's dangerous how fast rote memorization is put aside, when it's the only reliable means of reproducibly teaching certain topics.
On the other hand, deep learning researchers now make their neural networks memorize and reproduce their input, in order to better understand and deal with the data. There's a lesson to be learned here!
- blumkvist 11y agoYou missed his point entirely. It is that a child cannot see the purpose/usefulness of what he/she is learning at school. Sounds familiar?
- bayesianhorse 11y agoWhy does purpose/usefulness matter? Dumbing down and restricting a curriculum to what is obviously "useful" is equally bad.
- blumkvist 11y agoIt matters because if people are not motivated to do something, they will not do it, or best case scenario - slack. This is especially true for kids. The purpose of schools is for kids to learn, not for teachers to teach. Perhaps we can put more effort into explaining to kids why they need to learn those things.