Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been fighting 'remote learning' and 'self-paced modalities' battles for decades. All have been spectacular failures because of what you point out and other things. Asking kids to administer their educations as well as getting educated, is too great a burden.
Getting an education is a social activity. Being in groups applies pressure on kids to 'keep up," which is a good thing. Teachers are taught how to help students who fall behind, etc. And what we are really teaching is how to learn and work with others. Unfortunately the Republican Eduformers think teachers are people who fill kid's heads with knowledge, which is just plain stupid.
This is the way so many people treat data. "Our results can't be bad, it must be the users!" It's fine to believe in something in spite of poor results, but you can at least be honest about it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been fighting 'remote learning' and 'self-paced modalities' battles for decades. All have been spectacular failures because of what you point out and other things. Asking kids to administer their educations as well as getting educated, is too great a burden.
Getting an education is a social activity. Being in groups applies pressure on kids to 'keep up," which is a good thing. Teachers are taught how to help students who fall behind, etc. And what we are really teaching is how to learn and work with others. Unfortunately the Republican Eduformers think teachers are people who fill kid's heads with knowledge, which is just plain stupid.
This is the way so many people treat data. "Our results can't be bad, it must be the users!" It's fine to believe in something in spite of poor results, but you can at least be honest about it.