My comment on Steve Denning's sterling article on education
Steve Denning's "The Single Best Idea for Reforming K-!2 Education" in Forbes mag Parts 1 & 2.
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Great two articles reflecting a LOT of thought. Thanks!
Re kids getting interested more in math and science. How can you get interested in something if you don’t really have a clue of where it might lead, other than to more advanced course of same.
I wish that I had had a chance to see what it took to achieve some of the mind-perplexing inventions/products we’re now seeing. Consider the Japanese guy who invented the small machine that turns plastics into usable motor oil right before your eyes; the guys who worked on the Smart bird from Festo, the first robot bird that, well, flies like a bird, women who work on auto design, or graphic animators who work on these wonderful videos showing how cells in the body work—what did the folks who worked on these take in high school or university?
Why not do professional videos starring these folks, showing what they’ve accomplished and then interviewing them about what they took in school, what were their favorites? was it worth it? do they use it? What would they recommend for study to get to where they are?
I was ‘gifted’ with a grandmother who had been concert pianist, so I got free piano lessons and went on in music education, a Fulbright, and uh, then winding up a journalist! My Dad was a mechanic, and I do love to ‘fix’ things, make things better, etc.
But what would I have become if I had had even a smidgen of exposure to folks with interesting specialties in civil engineering, in chemistry, in biology, or in mining, etc.!!
Maybe it exists, but y’all who are interested and/or working in US education perhaps could think about creating a website not only for schools in your district, but in your state and beyond, with courses listed and a breakdown of where taking those courses might lead. And if it’s to be available more widely, then get in touch with the funding ‘suits’ further up the ladder and get money to produce truly interesting, stimulating, well-done, and yes, mildly entertaining :-), videos to be seeded in the course listing where appropriate.
I think this would give reality-based incentive to kids to look at math and science courses more positively for a real idea of where they might wind up!
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Great two articles reflecting a LOT of thought. Thanks!
Re kids getting interested more in math and science. How can you get interested in something if you don’t really have a clue of where it might lead, other than to more advanced course of same.
I wish that I had had a chance to see what it took to achieve some of the mind-perplexing inventions/products we’re now seeing. Consider the Japanese guy who invented the small machine that turns plastics into usable motor oil right before your eyes; the guys who worked on the Smart bird from Festo, the first robot bird that, well, flies like a bird, women who work on auto design, or graphic animators who work on these wonderful videos showing how cells in the body work—what did the folks who worked on these take in high school or university?
Why not do professional videos starring these folks, showing what they’ve accomplished and then interviewing them about what they took in school, what were their favorites? was it worth it? do they use it? What would they recommend for study to get to where they are?
I was ‘gifted’ with a grandmother who had been concert pianist, so I got free piano lessons and went on in music education, a Fulbright, and uh, then winding up a journalist! My Dad was a mechanic, and I do love to ‘fix’ things, make things better, etc.
But what would I have become if I had had even a smidgen of exposure to folks with interesting specialties in civil engineering, in chemistry, in biology, or in mining, etc.!!
Maybe it exists, but y’all who are interested and/or working in US education perhaps could think about creating a website not only for schools in your district, but in your state and beyond, with courses listed and a breakdown of where taking those courses might lead. And if it’s to be available more widely, then get in touch with the funding ‘suits’ further up the ladder and get money to produce truly interesting, stimulating, well-done, and yes, mildly entertaining :-), videos to be seeded in the course listing where appropriate.
I think this would give reality-based incentive to kids to look at math and science courses more positively for a real idea of where they might wind up!
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Dear perumula
Thanks for the wonderful suggestions!
Thanks for the wonderful suggestions!
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