Since it allows for people to focus on the things they want to focus on, it would definitely help the laborers and manufacturers. Tablet PCs are not just for geeks anymore, that's kind of a trope of the late 90s that doesn't bear any resemblance to the culture now. Auto Mechanics have iPads too. Also, imagine if your course of study was a multimedia app that had you assembling the parts of an engine?noddy wrote:well, i did read it and the exact details where opaque to me and triggered memories of my self directed education experience at a young age.
making things more inspirational is a good idea and im not knocking it, but im still suspicious its going to work on the types that wanted to do manual labouring or manufacturing when they grow up.. it will be much better for the geekier ones who come from backgrounds or have personalities that do suit the modern curriculum.
One of the big mistakes I think people make is this idea that 'not everybody is an intellectual'. This I think is inherently false. What's more true is that not everyone learns by the format of learning styles that academics who have come to dominate pedagogy have put into place. If you want someone to learn quickly, you should be able to approach the lesson from as many sensory formats as possible. A lecture is literally one of the least effective teaching methods there is. However, if you can have teaching in an auditory, visual and kinesthetic manner, the kids will get it much better. One of the most effective anatomy classes I had was a two part class with a teacher who was able to draw the anatomy really well and show the connections as a series of angles. Then the second part of the class was called, 'palpation', which was finding those same bony landmarks that he drew by touch. So listening to his lecture was auditory, watching him draw was visual, and touching was kinesthetic. We would also draw with watercolor markers on people's bodies the outlines of bones and circle bony landmarks or draw the muscle, that sort of thing.
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