Friday - February 16, 2007
Institutional Education
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.)
(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.)