The longer I spend apart from formal education as a context, the more alien and intractable it strikes me. Talking with a thoughtful science teacher today, I could only (uselessly) answer his earnest questions with variations on "…but that won't work without an authentic need…"
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I'm sort of amused at my assumed helplessness? I've gone from being very excited about trying to help to now finding the whole situation impossible and aversive. Oops! Maybe I'll find some way to swing back someday…
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Can you elaborate on this? I'm having a hard time understanding what you're trying to say here.
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"How can we use spaced repetition to help eighth graders learn geology better?" "I… er… probably you shouldn't! Mu!"
Possible spaced repetition is more humane for the kids who are about to get forced to learn it either way. And teaching them more about spaced repetition might be a better life skill than geography. Geography as a trojan horse!
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I’ve learned to be somewhat wary of “slightly more humane than current practice” theories of change.
Sometimes it might be the way. But often you get further by pulling up the top (e.g. well resourced homeschoolers) than by pushing up the bottom.
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Have you seen this?
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Yes for sure, very similar vibes.
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Hm, would love to chat about this some time.
I’ve never been a true fan of spaced repetition, but other vectors seem effective and proliferating (e.g. digital practice with immediate feedback).