Pod's mum Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Hello, I'm listening to Radio National in Australia which is broadcasting a TED Radio Hour on "How much Children can teach themselves". It is quite mindblowing and I'm someone who deliberately delays teaching a lot of content to give my dd a chance to discover and learn for herself first. In 1999 a Prof in India put computers, in 'a hole in the wall' in slums across India, with no back up, no programming help and the computers only 'knew' English, which the kids had to teach themselves first. How's this for a term..."Minimally Invasive Education". http://www.npr.org/p...57&d=05-03-2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I listened to it last week. It really is fascinating. It doesn't seem to be encouraging delayed education, but rather presenting children with access to information above what is generally believed to be their "level," and allowing them to explore. It is worth listening to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 I listened to it last week. It really is fascinating. It doesn't seem to be encouraging delayed education, but rather presenting children with access to information above what is generally believed to be their "level," and allowing them to explore. It is worth listening to. Sorry, I was unclear, I don't try to delay education, I'm learning to delay explicit tutoring. What these kids in India were/are able to learn and work out together is truly phenomenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathkath Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 this is a free document you can download to help you implement it in other settings http://www.ted.com/pages/sole_toolkit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Can't watch the flash vid on iPhone/iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Can't watch the flash vid on iPhone/iPad. The video. It plays on ipad The project page http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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