Imagine 100 randomly selected people. 50 are put in a University Shakespeare class. Attendance marked, reading assigned, reports written, grades given. The other 50 were given the same amount of time to explore Shakespeare on their own. Who do you honestly think learns more?
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So what if, and hear me out on this, the most important aspect of an education for the majority of people isn't actually the *content* itself (though that certainly matters), but scheduling, artificial discipline, making up for where the average human is broken and/or lazy?
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If that's the case, it means two things: 1. By learning self discipline and finding the right content you can free yourself from the need of an expensive classroom 2. Self-learning being available will be wildly helpful to a few people, but not very helpful to most
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Hmmm. “Pull learning” is far deeper and effective compared to “push learning”. The self-selection is the critical factor. If the “pull learner” can be matched up with an inspiring teacher (not the majority of professors), it is a match made in heaven for both.
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The role of the professor should evolve to one of guide, someone that helps you navigate the topic that you are going after, that asks you questions and makes you think and will unstuck you if needed... kind of like yoda, yes we need yoda.
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I have long thought that college (undergraduate) level instruction should be decoupled from research. I.e., Teachers should have been evaluated on ability to ENGAGE rather than ability to Publish. But colleges are trying to squeeze more blood from proff's: Research$$ and tuition
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So true. For most students uni is an accelerator of already ingrained behaviors and trajectories. Occasionally we manage to make a difference, through personal contact.
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I've heard MOOC's struggle w/ accountability, not sure how true it is but the thesis is that most people aren't naturally driven to self learn (people rather do leisure activities - netflix) so there needs to be some forcing functions applied. I'm sure you're seeing a lot here
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