tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post3480437051995756419..comments2024-03-23T12:05:15.956-04:00Comments on Steve Hargadon: Hacking at the Roots of the Learning Revolution - Live Broadcast TomorrowSteve Hargadonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-57712554034990650112012-12-21T21:33:36.757-05:002012-12-21T21:33:36.757-05:00Hi Steve, likely those who are truly dispossessed ...Hi Steve, likely those who are truly dispossessed won't come forward as they simply have no sense of permission or membership in the conversation. An alternate interpretation of the number of people not served by the current model of education is that the, say, 30% are to be expected. No system can serve everyone (at least at the scale we insist on reaching) so maybe it isn't so bad? To be excluded hurts but it can also be a badge of honor to reside outside a system that disposes of people who differ from the norm. <br /><br />The whole idea of a public school system is bound to fall into the celebration of sameness and mistake it for equality of opportunity. To me, it seems way more productive to withdraw from a corrupted system and spend our energies building what we value. Things change when people not only stop believing in the BS, they leave the field and go start their own game. Scott Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557119002863457695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-78672733933496093542012-12-19T21:57:51.630-05:002012-12-19T21:57:51.630-05:00Aidan: I really need to do a show on Motessori! ...Aidan: I really need to do a show on Motessori! Would you be willing to help me pull that off? Email me at steve@hargadon.com. Thanks!<br /><br />Scott: Thanks for the comment. I'm wondering if those who are dispossessed are the ones most likely to answer the call to step up.Steve Hargadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-55168656101714166692012-12-19T21:14:17.515-05:002012-12-19T21:14:17.515-05:00Hi Steve,
Good posting. I edit online college co...Hi Steve, <br /><br />Good posting. I edit online college courses and was just thinking today about how the content, no matter how it is taught resembles a catalog of items held together not by meaning or sense but by merely being presented in a school. My experience with school wasn't about learning because I never seemed to find it there. More that it was just a place where people who knew more than you in a sort of random way could test you on things of no particular importance to no particular purpose beyond conditioning you to accept your apparent "ignorance." There must be some other use for all the energy wasted on this silly process? But who in the system will step up and model change? Look forward to the talk.Scott Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557119002863457695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-74181731608242207052012-12-19T20:55:56.658-05:002012-12-19T20:55:56.658-05:00Hi Steve,
Montessori education is the largest peda...Hi Steve,<br />Montessori education is the largest pedagogy in the world with over 20,000 schools world wide. It represents a critical mix of governance as exhibited by Association Montessori International to ensure schools are following the principles of Montessori yet it is not "instituionalized". The Montessori curriculum as defined by AMI (above) allows the process of of learning to be discovered, developed and owned by the individual child in a prepared environment. In a sense, Montessori has the governing structure needed to maintain the quality and consistency in its method without every threatening the learning "process" of the individual.<br />In any case, "hacking" your education, is what Montessori children do (they just don't realize that's what they're doing) and it is a joy to watch! Are you familiar with Montessori? I'd love to hear your feedback. All the best and Happy Holidays!<br />Aidan McAuley (Montessori Mad Men)Aidan McAuleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835659880713609141noreply@blogger.com