On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Karlie Robinson wrote: > Kathy Pusztavari wrote: >> Not everything can be taught efficiently (or even well) >> through discovery learning. > > One thing I would like to post a caution flag on is "how math is taught" > and instead focus on how math is learned. The only universal in > education is that every child has their own unique learning style. > > While I'm not questioning the years of research that can be reviewed > about best practices in teaching and learning, we do not want to limit > ourselves to only the best practices. We need to also consider the > dynamic nature of the technology. > > I have no doubt that we can develop enough activities to effectively > teach 80% of children. However, we must also strive to include > activities that reach the remaining 20%. There's nothing about an open > source, connected platform that would limit teachers, parents and > students from downloading alternative activities.
One of the great things about using open source as a philosophical basis for this fight is that, once the code exists, it can be modified by motivated amateurs. There is no one more motivated than a geek parent trying to help his or her kid who may have been badly pigeonholed as "learning challenged" in some way. The more activities we can build, the more jumping-off points we provide to these talented and motivated individuals. --g -- Got an XO that you're not using? Loan it to a needy developer! [[ http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Exchange_Registry ]] _______________________________________________ FourthGradeMath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/fourthgrademath
