tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7482472493070526939.post4495024067808691131..comments2024-03-23T21:38:04.532-06:00Comments on Classrooms for the Modern Learner: Top Ten Mistakes in EducationLisette Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771036074649363450noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7482472493070526939.post-17889735274448417012010-02-13T12:17:05.000-07:002010-02-13T12:17:05.000-07:00Not sure I agree with all of these "mistakes&...Not sure I agree with all of these "mistakes". Depends on how you define "study". Much has been discovered and built upon in the name of "study". Think if Watson and Crick had never studied the cell. What if Isaac Newton hadn't studied the heavens. What if astronauts had not studied the manuals before lift off? Also, many "ahas" have come after applying the dedication and discipline of "study" to tasks that are sometimes seem meaningless and unproductive. We sometimes mustt acquire knowledge in subjects that lay a foundation to build upon later. Even though I never use calculus, my mind was exercised in a way that it never would have been if I hadn't "studied" it and succeeding . I understood calculus not by "cramming" it into my brain, but by "studying" it. I actually used it in my class, received a high enough score on my achievement test so that I did not have to take math in college. I still remember the satisfaction of actually understanding calculus. Even though I didn't WANT to learn it, I trusted my school, my teachers that determined the curriculum. I am glad that I was required to learn and do things that I did not want to do. Now I know that in ANY field I pursue out of interest, I will encounter areas that are unpleasant and uninteresting. I learned in school that you have to push through unpleasant tasks to get to deeper levels of understanding. I fear that the generation of students who think that life is easy and that one has only to "practice what they "WANT" to learn are destined to give up and will quickly lose their initial passion as soon as they face the obstacle of any challenge to their motivation. At the first sign of discouragement they might give up.Betseynoreply@blogger.com