Tuesday, July 5, 2011

slow movement

slow schools   via tweet from @mbchalfen

The process of education is not about supplying students with lumps of information to be regurgitated on demand. It is about enabling students to learn how to learn.

Maurice Holt is well known for his forward thinking approach to education. In It's Time to Start the Slow School Movement. : An article from: Phi Delta Kappan he advocates a backlash against the 'hamburger' approach to education. He believes that education is essentially about equipping children with the ability to act responsibly in a complex society.



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