Comments on: Care and Growth: Compulsion Cannot Lead to Learning. Shahpur Jamall http://www.schuitema.co.za/blog/?p=674 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:33:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Shahpur Jamall http://www.schuitema.co.za/blog/?p=674&cpage=1#comment-210 Shahpur Jamall Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:22:33 +0000 http://www.schuitema.co.za/blog/?p=674#comment-210 Asiya, you are absolutely right. Schools as they are structured today, with children grouped not by ability but based on chronological age, with the content of the curriculum being irrelevant to the needs of children but to prepare them for some assume future, are not student centered. Schools as we know them were designed in europe, specifically in Germany, to create administrators for empires which are long gone. However, I still believe, because I know such people, that teachers having the right Intent, can and do make a difference to children even within this malevolent structure. Asiya, you are absolutely right. Schools as they are structured today, with children grouped not by ability but based on chronological age, with the content of the curriculum being irrelevant to the needs of children but to prepare them for some assume future, are not student centered. Schools as we know them were designed in europe, specifically in Germany, to create administrators for empires which are long gone.

However, I still believe, because I know such people, that teachers having the right Intent, can and do make a difference to children even within this malevolent structure.

]]> By: Asiya http://www.schuitema.co.za/blog/?p=674&cpage=1#comment-93 Asiya Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:29:27 +0000 http://www.schuitema.co.za/blog/?p=674#comment-93 Shahpur, there is a great book called 'Dumbing us Down' by an ex-teacher from New York named John Taylor Gatto. He is basically a great advocate of homeschooling and his book shows the development of the education system in America was not about creating excellence but rather the exact opposite. It just made me think that if the overall background or design of the school system is malevolent, even the best teachers cannot make a difference. The entire structure of educational systems requires Care and Growth! Shahpur, there is a great book called ‘Dumbing us Down’ by an ex-teacher from New York named John Taylor Gatto. He is basically a great advocate of homeschooling and his book shows the development of the education system in America was not about creating excellence but rather the exact opposite. It just made me think that if the overall background or design of the school system is malevolent, even the best teachers cannot make a difference. The entire structure of educational systems requires Care and Growth!

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