With four kids going through school (and a former university educator), I’ve seen the impact of curriculum focused on memorization and regurgitation: a complete lack of critical thinking skills. Students look to teachers to understand what they need to memorize in order to succeed on tests, not how to really grasp the material and apply it to both other classes and their lives. That is a failure on our part as a culture. And, unfortunately, an educational administration, deeply-ingrained cult...
Published on September 01, 2013 17:29