The Educators-Summary of Radio 4 Series: Sir Ken Robinson-Schools Are A Barrier To Creativity, As He Has Argued On
The Educators-Summary of Radio 4 Series: Sir Ken Robinson-Schools Are A Barrier To Creativity, As He Has Argued On
The Educators-Summary of Radio 4 Series: Sir Ken Robinson-Schools Are A Barrier To Creativity, As He Has Argued On
peer to peer learning. Schools are awash with data, but most schools dont
make best use of tests. The phrase, do your best is not good enough.
Too much talking-children dont come to school to watch us work, so let
children talk more.
magnetic power of computer games, and the way they can produce
improvement in learning, attention span. We see an increase in mid-brain
dopamine, rapid schedule of rewards. Rewards are uncertain, in that
they rely on element of chance, which increases engagement. All
endeavours have aspect of risk.
Research suggests that combining a reward with an element of risk-taking
can increase the brain's appetite for learning and success. The
programme looks at Zondle, which aims to create, play and share games
to support teaching, learning and assessment in any subject, any level,
any language, anywhere. He discusses neural feedback, and creativity,
citing examples of Paul also discusses research into sleep, memory, and
transcranial electrical stimulation - putting a low voltage across the scalp and the impact these things have on our ability to learn.
( note Professor Charles Hulme argues that there are problems trying to
link neuroscience and education; its a long way from what teachers do in
the classroom. Cognitive enhancing drugs are used to enhance work rate.
Education needs to wake up and look at the implications of
neuroscience. )
Sal Khan Sal Khan worked as a hedge-fund analyst before he set up the
Khan Academy, almost by accident, when his cousin in another city
needed help with her maths homework. Since then, his online video
lessons have been watched half a billion times, and he's been described
by Bill Gates as 'the world's favourite teacher'. Sal Khan believes lesson
time in school could be spent more effectively if the explanation of new
ideas is done at home, with students watching video lectures, in a process
known as 'flipped learning'.
He argues that pupils should have the freedom to move at their own pace,
only moving on when they have mastered a concept. He says this type of
learning would be done best in larger classes made up of students from
mixed age groups and abilities.
taught in schools in the UK and in the US, Jo Boaler says pupils are too
often made to think that maths is a long list of rules and procedures to be
learned off by heart. She stresses that real mathematics is about
uncertainty; the study of patterns and creative problem solving. Her views
are expressed in such books as Whats Maths Got to Do With It?