What if Everything We Think About School is Wrong?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Albert Ip: What if Everything We Think About School is Wrong?, Random Walk in E-Learning [Edit][Delete]Random Walk in E-Learning [Edit][Delete] May 3, 2006

"A wild animal, as opposed to a caged animal, knows chaos and can adapt to it." These words conclude this video, well worth watching, about Fairhaven, an alternative democratic school. A lot of my own thoughts are captured here. For example, "Learning is what happens when you're doing something else." And I like the thoughts, expressed here, about how being forced to learn leads you to allow yourself to be forced into other things later in life. More...