tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post3197756095341817102..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Why People Don't Learn - What You Don't Know You Know Can Hurt YouStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-90464607910051459672013-05-02T13:01:40.147-08:002013-05-02T13:01:40.147-08:00Thanks, Jay. Though I'm more comfortable drop...Thanks, Jay. Though I'm more comfortable dropping the titles and discussing this one human being to another. <br /><br />Kathy, just to play the devil's advocate here, let's consider your preconception of Republicans. Who all is included in that label for you? All registered Republicans? More than that? Fewer? Are the characteristics you ascribe Republicans (they think that government is bad and they don't want schools to teach critical thinking) true of all in that category? Hey, I'm just playing with you the way I would with students' papers. In part to add the point that having one's conceptions questioned is uncomfortable. For many it feels like an accusation. And if we didn't have categories, how would we be able to think and talk? It's just a question of how good they have to be And that depends on the context we use them. And this is to point out that we all - me included - would intellectually benefit from the discomfort of constantly testing our own preconceptions. <br /><br />Joe Blow - Can you give me examples of how schools used to teach kids how to learn? I don't think very many schools ever taught students about learning. Mostly, in my experience, they taught content, not process. Teaching to the test is just pushing that same model harder in the belief that you can measure it. Lots of what we learned in the past - as the linked video above shows - was also just learned for the test. <br /><br />Thanks for all your comments. They push the discussion further along and make me think more. <br /><br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-56636970000613347222013-05-02T08:48:59.614-08:002013-05-02T08:48:59.614-08:00The current model of 'teaching to the test'...The current model of 'teaching to the test' which is being used in nearly all early education schools cheats young students in that they don't learn how to learn. <br /><br />Learning how to learn, and thus becoming able to continue to learn throughout your lifetime is the most valuable skill set we can impart on children, yet we don't see that as the primary model being employed these days.<br /><br />What we have today are privatization schemes masquerading as 'reform' and for too many current education administrators, the purpose of education is strict indoctrination, not actual learning.<br /><br />Getting back to teaching children how to learn is what our focus ought to be. We do need 'reform', but we do not need the kind of policies being pushed today. We need to teach children how to learn.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878884323732649241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-1411911446891278902013-05-02T04:08:53.055-08:002013-05-02T04:08:53.055-08:00As I read this post I thought you were going to en...As I read this post I thought you were going to end up talking about people whose preconception is that government is bad (i.e. Republicans) and how no amount of evidence or argument will change their minds. And the general lack of critical thinking skills taught in schools only perpetuates this mindset. (Of course, Republicans don't want schools to teach critical thinking skills....)kathy in KYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-80257822987515971982013-05-01T22:59:28.780-08:002013-05-01T22:59:28.780-08:00Good on you, Professor Aufrecht. Keep teaching. I&...Good on you, Professor Aufrecht. Keep teaching. I'll keep thinking. Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com