The dancer who didn’t take Ritalin… (school kills creativity) TED
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
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When should you teach children, and when should you let them explore?
From The Economist Educational psychology Now you know May 26th 2011 | from the print edition It IT IS one of the oldest debates in education. Should teachers tell pupils the way things are or encourage them to find out for themselves? Telling children “truths” about the world helps them learn those facts more quickly. [...]
Making something hard to read means it is more likely to be remembered
The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/17248892 Education Learning difficulties Making something hard to read means it is more likely to be remembered Oct 14th 2010 A PARADOX of education is that presenting information in a way that looks easy to learn often has the opposite effect. Numerous studies have demonstrated that when people are forced to think hard [...]