What you prefer isn't the question. In general, we have to trust that parents and families are the best people to look out for their children. I certainly believe that. Sure, there are bad parents. Human social behavior is not perfect. I still think it's our best bet. — T Clark
while I believe religion has no place in school. Good citizenship, yes - informed citizenship. — Vera Mont
One must address the lacklustre to highlight the lustre. Otherwise we are simply being biased which leaves teens vulnerable and naive. — Benj96
I agree with the level of complexity you cite within the issues you raise but I think the solution may lie in some kind of AI/expert systems, which will help humans deal with such complexity and will indeed allow the kind of nuanced, individualised approach, which will remove the chance of personal human prejudices being applied, which cause unjust and imbalanced actions. — universeness
We could. But "we" don't want to.Do you think we could create a very high quality, economically viable, reliable, balanced social and academic, virtual reality, home based education system, that would do the heavy lifting in nurturing all the children in the world from year 1 to year 21? I think we probably could. — universeness
They served and still serve a political, ideological, economic social agenda that isn't about suiting education to children but molding children to the needs of the elite. — Vera Mont
Better to plan for a better future than to mourn the bad behaviours of the past or present. — universeness
What would motivate them - the same elite that's still in possession of the power and wealth - to implement your plan? — Vera Mont
Do you think we could create AE systems (artificial expert systems) that could do a lot of the heavy lifting, when it comes to the balanced academic and social education that children need in today's world? — universeness
create a balanced, unbiased, virtual, educational, electronic system — universeness
In the US, studies show that distance learning that took place as a result of the pandemic has seriously undermined the quality of education for students involved. — T Clark
A skeptical position is always a healthy one. Parents need to have system prototypes presented to them. They have to be allowed to ask all the kinds of questions you are asking and the solutions must be demonstrated to them. If no current solution exists to the problems identified, then they must be developed, based on the cyclical feedback of all stakeholders. There is an established software development method for doing this, use of alpha testers, beta testers, demo software etc.I am skeptical that there is some sort of technological solution to improving education. It seems to me that a program generated and implemented by artificial intelligence would be more rigid and limited and less responsive to students than regular schools are. — T Clark
When I think back to the good parts of my experiences in school, it is particular teachers that come to mind. Mrs. Coepcke, my 11th grade English teacher. Mr. Polychronus, my 12th grade biology teacher. Professor Deandre, my geotechnical engineering professor. — T Clark
Another thought. I think any centralized, standardized education program will be subject to political and social pressure to conform to a particular vision of what education should be. That's already a problem with regular school systems. — T Clark
Charles III. I quite like him, actually, but he can't control the tories in his own country any more than he could here, and the tories are controlled by moneyed patrons. Of course it's the same elite - they just call themselves CEO instead of OBE and maybe they did their thieving through different methods - the top 0.01% who own 50% of everything, including governments and information.Their power has been in decline since the days of the first nations, otherwise you would still be ruled by a foreign King Charles II. — universeness
What I meant was that what either of us prefers doesn't matter. It's the community's values that should be taken into account. — T Clark
Another thought. I think any centralized, standardized education program will be subject to political and social pressure to conform to a particular vision of what education should be. That's already a problem with regular school systems. — T Clark
I would add a few more outdoor and creative activities, but I think some version of this flexible arrangement would serve children's far better than sitting in plastic chair all day long.They don't attend school but they do still get together physically in groups, when they can, for the purposes of live debate, physical education etc. They visit hospitals, charity orgs, parks, museums etc. The cities become their school grounds so to speak. At home, they are taught via Virtual reality systems, augmented reality systems and just by networking with software and live teacher/pupil conferencing — universeness
Is that a valid comparison or a valid standard to measure by? — universeness
What I don't know is who or what controls the community. — Vera Mont
Of course, as is also the case with each locally administered system: it's designed on some philosophical basis; somIe central idea of the purpose of educating children. Hence the need for democracy without too much corruption and voter suppression, so that a true majority of the people decide. — Vera Mont
the proposal I considered was not simply an isolated child sitting in front of a screen, as many students did under quarantine, but something far more sophisticated: — Vera Mont
The point I've been trying to make is that each community, each school system, should have input in deciding what is and isn't taught in its own schools; what is and isn't included in its library. — T Clark
Yes, I fully agree that 's an integral part of the learning experience, just as contact with peers is an integral part of the socialization process. I'm only proposing that it alternate with solitary study (computer-aided homework) and take place in different settings and with a variety of teachers, as well as different cohorts for each activity, rather than the same little flock (with their same pecking order), presided over by the same adult (with his or her same competence level and preconceptions) in all subjects.I still think person to person, teacher to student, contact is needed for true learning. — T Clark
and take place in different settings and with a variety of teachers, as well as different cohorts for each activity, rather than the same little flock (with their same pecking order), presided over by the same adult (with his or her same competence level and preconceptions) in all subjects. — Vera Mont
I never needed a salary to teach, I needed a salary to live. — universeness
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