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by EGreg 4091 days ago
A smart way to reform education: http://magarshak.com/blog/?p=158
3 comments

So the learning happens where? While watching the multimedia presentation? Homeworks are a central part of schooling because doing them is where most of the learning happens. Notetaking has also shown to be highly beneficial to learning. This proposal downplays both of these and replaces them with testing and ipads.
Uggh. A hamster in a cage running. Children would simply refuse to engage, with the 'remedial' classes being flooded with 95% of the pupils.
I live in France so maybe the situation is different here, but I feel like nothing in this article solve any real issues.
Why? Can you go into more detail?