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The modern media has expelled the need for travelling to a central school for further education. Trouble is, no government has realised it yet. Special needs children would benefit with localised support. A sense of identity and responsibility to the local community (for all students) could be achieved by this radical plan.
Mead!
If I were able to establish it was taking place, establishing a trust in the organisors and a sure idea of their interest in my mind, then "yes", if I could afford a glorified holiday - because I would meet bright minds who shared my interest and possibly my visions.
If I were able to establish it was taking place, establishing a trust in the organisors and a sure idea of their interest in my mind, then "yes", if I could afford a glorified holiday - because I would meet bright minds who shared my interest and possibly my visions.
But a list of the publications on the website amounts to a
desultory five, not overly impressive from 16 years of conferences.
These are being sold, with little info on who might be buying. The last
seemed to be stressing an assertion that special needs should integrate
with regular classes. This doesn't work and is a recipe for bullying
and despair.
Personally, I think it is nonsense for up to 30 children to
sit in
a class listening to an often poorly motivated teacher drone on. If
online learning is good enough for the mature student, then it's good
enough for schoolchildren - with the induction of online video lectures
given by the best teachers in the world. It is time to revolutionise
the classroom. With video and TV online, it is possible to make
learning fun for even the least motivated child.
The BBC do excellent 'learning zone' programmes. I feel this
is
the way to go.
BRIAN
BRIAN
Brian
I certainly agree with you that it is time to drag education into the 21st
century. Education should move to having the best instructors in the
world on T.V. or a web site and then having teaching assistants to help
those who need assistance as the lessons advance. By the way, M.I.T., in
America is in the process of putting all their undergraduate courses
online. I am currently doing a course in Linear Algebra( vectors,
matrices, etc.) All the lectures are free for download and you can take
the mid-term and final exam and then grade your work with ideal solutions
posted on line. I bought the used book for $20.
See MIT link below.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
Knowledge is no longer the exclusive domain of the rich and powerful.
But our schools continue to function like it is. They are, in fact,
antiquated relics of a time gone by. Today, anyone who wants to learn can
do so at very little cost. In many cases, top notch courses are free!
Take care and continue to think, write, and share your exciting ideas!
MEAD
Hi Mead! Of course, any reform comes down to funding. But
the
reform (we both agree needs to be done) can be enhanced AND funded here
in Britain by this radical plan:
At present, there is the Primary School for children up to
the age
of 11. They then move on to a High School (Secondary, Comprehensive) up
to the maximum age of 18. From here, a student will move on to
University or College.
My proposal is this:
Keep the Primary Schools and equip them with IT and
TV
technology (including laptops for the pupils). Expand these
schools sufficiently to accommodate pupils of all ages within the local
area. Encourage senior pupils to assume a level of responsibility
toward the junior pupils AND toward the local area itself. Parents
will have a better chance to get involved and monitor their child's
behaviour and progress. Children will not be plunged into that 11+
experience of being 'another brick in the wall' where misbehaviour,
bullying, isolation and a sense of difference can cause all sorts of
problems within the High School environment. These schools
need not be closed once day pupils have gone home. Mature students and
extra keen schoolchidren can continue to use the facilities in the
evening.
The funding to develop the Primary Schools will come from:
The massive saving on school transport.
Example: students in a village will not have to travel
miles
to get to their nearest high school. In many cases the student will
spend their entire student life making a two minute walk to
school.
The closure and sale of the vast majority of High
Schools
and an option to close and sell many universities and colleges.
This may seem horrendously radical, but performance and
behaviour
has suffered under present structures. My proposal seeks to introduce
the close-knit 'family' into education. It will replace the present
system of competitive facelessness.
BRIAN
BRIAN
