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You missed his point entirely. It is that a child cannot see the purpose/usefulness of what he/she is learning at school. Sounds familiar?
by blumkvist 12y ago
You 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 12y agoWhy does purpose/usefulness matter? Dumbing down and restricting a curriculum to what is obviously "useful" is equally bad.
- blumkvist 12y 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.