Monday, February 27, 2012

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

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  1. Anonymous6:03 PM

    EDTE 117A- Group #3

    We loved the video! Here's what our class thought were the key points covered:

    ADHD Epidemic
    -Not an epidemic. Children are being medicated.
    -Students easily distracted by technology.
    -ADHD increased with standardized testing and increased as you go East in the US.
    Current Education Structure
    -Focused on standardized testing and individual work which can take students away from their best learning environment.
    -Current education plan built for a different era
    -Factory lines- manufacture seperate subjects, batches of kids by age.
    Aesthetic Experience
    -in the moment, fully engaged (thinking and feeling)
    -Anaesthetic is the opposite- putting kids to sleep
    College Degree
    -go to school=get a degree=get a job, but not any more
    -Education was built on the idea of the industrialization which became outdated
    Economy
    -How do we educate for futrue economy? We don't know what it will look like in the future!
    Divergent Thinking
    -Ability to see lots of different types of answers
    -We all have the capacity for divergent thinking and it deteriorates as we become more educated and are told ther's onl one answer.
    Academic Abilities
    -non-academic vs academic
    -smart people think they aren't smart.
    -most people don't benefit from our current education system.

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