A Schmidhuber theory of education: STOP TELLING KIDS FACTS give them systems in which they can discover compressions
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing I believe in this but from what I've heard about teaching, many children find it hard to place words into correct buckets.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sarahdoingthing The other day my gf was tutoring a B-grade kid, and spoke to her father who felt she was not receiving help at school.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing She was like "oh of course, schools only do 'interventions' to get C-grades from D-grade kids". He got flustered and angry.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing To me, she was like "i completely forgot we hadn't meant to say this". I just started laughing.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Anecdote describes how politically motivated educational metrics and unequal ability contribute to a terrible system.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing In principle teaching abstract reasoning ability seems valuable but the political perception of the outcome constrains you.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing It's politically palatable for us to all agree that a C-grade will reduce inequality and increase a countries GDP.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sarahdoingthing OTOH you could quickly move A* kids into University and hope they become cancer researchers, not investment bankers. Etc.
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