There are many opinions, studies, theories about what works in education and what doesn’t. There’s a lot of experience from what has been done in the past, as well as a lot of ongoing research. Some of it is extremely valuable and useful. Some is not.
Here’s one article that questions whether what appears to work, does, in fact, work. Whether the author is correct, or not, it’s certainly quality food for thought.
The downside of this is it shows how much in the dark we still are about learning. The plus side is we are trying a lot of approaches, so sooner or later…it’s mostly rational to assume we’ll figure it out.
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