Choose to learn
This is really an intriguing post, as so many of Michael Arnzen’s are. I have to find this Adbusters magazine he writes about. It makes me think back to the first time I read a post of Will’s about The Secret Life of Bees.
That very day I had to go buy the book.(Gosh, that’s two years
ago!) I love that about weblogs. It points you in so many
learning directions. Now back to the intriguing part of the post. The
“Adventuroud Learning” that is taking place at schools like Aventurijn in Netherlands is truly exciting. There is GOOD reading on this school’s page. Mike blogs the following:
If a student wants to learn some new subject, all they have to do is
ask and the school will teach them. Teachers are just “guides” who help
students learn by listening to their interests, proposing lessons or
setting examples. It’s quite fascinating.
Now
we are way past time of building in this type of learning in our own
classrooms. Why not an hour or so a week?. Weblogs would be a great
vehicle for that learning.Oh boy, some great ideas for a weblog project
are brewing.
Also, his post got me over to Rethinking Schools
which is another very interesting site. I’m off to more reading,
thinking and learning. Thanks Mike for another intriguing post!
We have got to give our kids some freedom of choice on their learning!
Just think, in the process, we may indeed create life-long learners!
August 2nd, 2005 at 11:44 am
THANKS Ann! Hope you liked Adbusters. It always gets my wheels turning about alternative things I can do in the classroom.