It’s still not clear to me why we ask kids to care about only seven specific subjects and then assess their academic aptitude on those fields of study. Kids have their own interests. Shouldn’t we be helping them discover what those are and taking it from there?
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Replying to @anafabrega11
We certainly should. But learning about certain foundational subjects such as maths and one's native language can help children discover interests that they would not otherwise have imagined they had. So a balance is required between internal and external motivation.
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Replying to @wtgowers @anafabrega11
I think (much) more thought and effort should be devoted to rendering the practice of essential basic technique more rewarding and stimulating. Chopin's etudes are technical exercises, but they're also beautiful works of art. Surely we can draw inspiration from this example.
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I'm mostly trying to suggest that intrinsic motivation might suffice, if we optimized our pedagogy. All methods now in widespread use are so very far from optimal that I consider this an open question.
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