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Originally Posted by percy
As long as memorization and regurgitation are used as teaching techniques, something that satisfies strictly short term retention, nothing will change.
Students from early grades should be taught how to think first and then take that skill and think how to learn. But that will require a new curriculum, more adept teachers who genuinely give a shit, creativity, more topics to study, etc.
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I agree. The key here is to teach a love (and skill) of learning.
While there are some lazy teachers, I find that they are not a prevalent as one might think. Most public school teachers are hamstrung by policy as much as by budget.
What's amazing to me is that policy makers can't seem to understand that education is the foundation of a nation's growth. If you aren't developing your brain power, you can't compete. You are squashing your nation's potential.