Comments on: Episode 17 – Sir Harold Kroto on Science Education http://laboutloud.com/2008/09/episode-17-sir-harold-kroto-on-science-education/ Science for the classroom and beyond Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IMIQ http://laboutloud.com/2008/09/episode-17-sir-harold-kroto-on-science-education/comment-page-1/#comment-31 IMIQ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:43:06 +0000 http://www.laboutloud.com/?p=251#comment-31 Technology is working against itself. Everyone is so focusedon the application or the gadget and how it can be commercialized for profit. Kids a dumbed down with electronics and don't have the backend parental support to want to learn "why" something works. I find it interesting that the statement in the above article is so true, that you can't really take anything apart anymore and figure out how it works. Everything is composed of a disposable circuit board that is simply replaced. Schools think they have to have computer labs to teach. What happened to books? There is no joy in learning in the classroom. There is far to much emphasis on results and on grades. So if a student doesn't understand somrthing on a conceptual level it's okay if they understand it on a rote level to get the grade. Finally Traditional Public High Schools have got to change the way they teach. Let Kids opt out in the 10th grade and go to technical school or art school or ? It's time for a pre college cirriculum that allows students to gain a skill set that promotes real qualitative thinking and not just memorization for grades. Technology is working against itself. Everyone is so focusedon the application or the gadget and how it can be commercialized for profit. Kids a dumbed down with electronics and don’t have the backend parental support to want to learn “why” something works. I find it interesting that the statement in the above article is so true, that you can’t really take anything apart anymore and figure out how it works. Everything is composed of a disposable circuit board that is simply replaced.

Schools think they have to have computer labs to teach. What happened to books? There is no joy in learning in the classroom. There is far to much emphasis on results and on grades. So if a student doesn’t understand somrthing on a conceptual level it’s okay if they understand it on a rote level to get the grade.

Finally Traditional Public High Schools have got to change the way they teach. Let Kids opt out in the 10th grade and go to technical school or art school or ? It’s time for a pre college cirriculum that allows students to gain a skill set that promotes real qualitative thinking and not just memorization for grades.

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