divergent thinking

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Learning is (supposed to be) fun, no?

Posted by kima ⋅ January 16, 2011 ⋅ 10 Comments

My older daughter is a grade 1 student in a French Immersion school and this year the school emphasizes reading and writing basic sight words as one of the goals for the kids. While the first four months she brought no homework, starting this month, her class will do a regular dictation exercise at the … Continue reading »

Ken Robinson’s New Talk on Education Paradigms

Posted by zoeweil ⋅ January 12, 2011 ⋅ 6 Comments

Take a look at Ken Robinson’s new talk on education paradigms through RSA Animate: Ken Robinson is so brilliant about identifying the systemic problems in education that perpetuate and escalate ennui, lack of creativity, and the failure of wisdom to take root (that Barry Schwartz discusses in his recent TED talk). What are the solutions … Continue reading »