Dos – By applying to multiple learning styles in the classroom are we dumbing down our future?
April 8, 2008I spent the afternoon in a discussion with a coworker discussing the impact of adaptive learning in classrooms. Originally it started with Higher Education but filtered down to the K-12 education. How do you feel? Should we be tailoring learning to the students or will students benefit more from having to learn to adapt on their own?
Hit me back…
Adapt, adapt, adapt you little bitches. It’s a sink or swim world. No corporate atmosphere or university is going to adapt to a student or employee. Learn it young and survive the shark-infested waters, yo.
Ahhh, a prophet cries in the wilderness. My thoughts exactly, Judy. The key to learning, the key to survival, is adaptability.
Buy a fish, eat for a day; Learn to fish, eat for as long as the fish hold out; Learn WHY to fish, eat even when there are no more fish!
Options are good on the basic level but when we cater to every whim we are in danger of creating an entire group of “entitlementites” who go through the world looking for others to give to them.
What happened to:
“Ask not what your country can do for you; Rather, ask what you can do for your country.” – JFK.