Institutional Education


Abstract:
Why institutional education does so little to help students.

Body:
The comments from parents and teachers in this article illustrate perfectly why education fails so many students: the instructors aren't willing to change their behavior based on science. They cling to what they are comfortable with, regardless of how it helps the students, and a lucky few students succeed either because of lucky confluence or despite the system. And while there are glowing exceptions, my experience with the education system leads me to believe that most teachers, despite good intentions, don't even really try to do better for their students.

(Disclaimer: As an educator, I can't claim to always have the best practices. But the difference is that I'm willing to change based on evidential research, even if I find that I can't practically do so, whereas many instructors aren't willing to.)

Posted: Fri - February 16, 2007 at 09:27 AM         |    

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