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Day 4 on #DigitalScholar: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Today’s learning shard at #DigitalScholar is from the philosopher Rousseau. He said this about education –

Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be in too great a hurry to satisfy this curiosity. Put the problems before him and let him solve them himself. Let him know nothing because you have told him, but because he has learnt it for himself. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason, he will be a mere plaything of other people’s thoughts …

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#DigitalScholar Day 3: On Connectivism, Lectures and Classroom Discussions

I’ve heard teachers say, what’s the use of teaching when students can Google anything? Well, try googling anything. Thousands of links come up. Which one is the most useful? Which information applies to the local setting? Is the information trustworthy or correct? We have to equip students to sift through so much information. Someone said we need to prepare our students for jobs that don’t even exist yet. That means what we teach them now will become obsolete. So what becomes really important is that we mold our students to become lifelong learners.Read More »#DigitalScholar Day 3: On Connectivism, Lectures and Classroom Discussions