Comment by repsilat
6 years ago
> The notion that only serious work can educate someone is something I hope future educators can dispel
This sounds super weird to me. I thought rote-learning was totally out of fashion, and now under-practiced because everyone thinks that learning should always be fun.
I don't know whether this is regional variation, age differences or political differences. And I there's probably some middle-ground: maybe you have to memorise your times-tables, but maybe it doesn't need to be boring.
It's a tough balance. My partner teaches grade 2. They focus on play and exploratory based learning. Parents are furious that their kids aren't instead memorizing times-tables.
There is evidence that play and exploratory learning are not actually a good way to teach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ib43q3uXQ