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Been thinking

Posted by nicki

March 6, 2007 |

I’ve noticed lately how much my son is learning without me teaching him.  We’ve been busy, running around and hanging  out with friends - and somehow he has learned the days of the week.  It has me thinking that maybe as an educator these days it is not so important to be providing information as it is to monitor and regulate the information.   When the current education system was established the culture was predominately agricultural.  So if you wanted to learn 2+2 you had to go to the school house and have a educator teach you.  These days most children have heard and seen 2+2 since they were toddlers  -information is part of their surroundings.  Almost too much information and  some of it wrong at that.  My son has become very computer savvy already  - so he is learning a lot from the very cool educational sites out there.  But I also feel like part of educating him is to be aware of what he is learning and interacting with him on those things.  Still learning.


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