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(rather you seemed to have defended a position where you say pupils should not be questioning their 'betters').
It is not for nothing that the word 'education' includes the Latin word for 'to lead'. It does not imply "help yourselves to any old idea you fancy, kids".Is the idea to help them or to allow complete anarchy of ideas in a desperate attempt to avoid 'indoctrination'?In any case, A-S, your function on this forum (just like mine) seems to 'put people right' when they stray outside the reasonable bounds of Science thinking. How can you criticise this when it's carried out with kids who, even more, need protection from 'the evil- Science Fiction'?
"One day sir, you may tax it." Faraday's reply to William Gladstone, then British Minister of Finance, when asked of the practical value of electricity.
The young Feynman was heavily influenced by his father, Melville, who encouraged him to ask questions to challenge orthodox thinking.
Faraday - who was totally self taught
I set up an experiment at a local college to show the head of science how gravity lifts water inside a tree
QuoteFaraday - who was totally self taughtDo you mean he invented everything out of thin air - or did he read a lot?What you learn from books is no different from what you are 'told'.
This seems, suddenly turned into a 'beat up the educators' thread.Education is essential.Until it is given some status, in the UK,many potentially great teachers will stay away from it. Most complaints about 'the system' really stem from experiences of teachers who do not know enough or who cannot actually control disrespectful kids.
What alternative have all you complainants? (This has to be a mass - low budget service so don't expect the luxury of one-to-one teaching) Suggest a formula which will deliver the same or better for all the kids in our Schools -using people of the ability of current teachers.
The idea oh having separate schooling for the few people that shine would not work either as money would inevitably make sure that their son or daughter was going to the advanced school, and not because of the way their children think but because of the way their parents think.
I have a better suggestion, move them up a year or two or three, this would not only keep the challenging minds occupied and interested but would inspire others to move forward too and at the same time inspire the students sitting next to a pupil 3 years younger than themselves and doing well, to increase the amount of effort they are putting into the lessons. This way the only students that move forward are those that can move forward under their own merit. I have experienced this scenario with my own sons who at the age of five and six could recite their times tables backwards including up to and beyond their 19x tables in reverse.
RE: Actually if you shove excessive trivial ( or even irrelevant ) information in one person’s head he might become confused or distracted inside this chaotic informational “noise” and miss or lose a lot of core concepts and important functional relationships.
Firstly; it is all well and good knocking the education system, but how many of the contributers have first hand knowledge of the present education system?
Secondly; Anyone who undertakes the profession should be treated with respect, so should we all. Respect should be automatic, not earned.
Because Darwin's Theory is a theory, it is still being tested as new evidence is discovered. The Theory is not a fact. Gaps in the Theory exist for which there is no evidence. A theory is defined as a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.