AT LAST EDUCATION IS BEGINNING TO GET IT RIGHT

Like the world in THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor (“The Edge of Madness Gaynor” in browser and Amazon search), recovering from the TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) of the USA, education is one of the key areas that required a complete infrastructure remake. In THE EDGE OF MADNESS, the protagonists learn in small learning groups (“mobs”) via interactive holography from instructors, but with the aid of custodians (“mentors”) who work with and demonstrate the discovery process. In the post-COVID-19 world, I noted several news articles mentioning self-selected learner groups (aka “mobs”) and Zoomentors (aka “custodians”).

Both of these and more are discussed at length in Dr. Daniel S. Janik’s groundbreaking non-fiction work, UNLOCK THE GENIUS WITHIN: Neurobiological Trauma, Teaching, and Transformative Learning (Rowman & Littlefied Education 2015). An “answer” to how to restructure today’s failing educational infrastructure, Janik’s book describes the need for a fundamental shift from teaching to learning, emphasizing individual curiosity, discovery and “meaningful” non-traumatic learning.


But take care: Today’s world is besot with “Fast Eddies” and at least some of today’s Zoomentors are in it solely for the money rather than education. That’s the way of the world, today and at THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor. Want a peek into NewEducation?

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The Edge of Madness