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The objective of the Straube Foundation is to show how anyone anywhere can obtain quality education at little or no cost. Successful “learning” and the acquisition of knowledge in these tumultuous times are, in many ways, quite different from the way our grandparents and parents learned when they went to school and college. Many old methods of learning are still playing out, but now almost everything is far easier to access ONLINE (not to mention at far lower cost). More practical and effective ways are available now to learn almost anything, and to acquire the knowledge needed for productive work and enjoyable living. The Straube Foundation is at the forefront of this ongoing change, and is showing you how to maximize your online teaching and learning experience. This Education Blog encourages educators, learners, and other interested parties to exchange ideas about how quality, low cost education can best be achieved. Your participation and postings are invited. Request an invitation to become an author for this blog at information@straube.org.
施兆璧基金会的宗旨是帮助人们在任何地方以最少费用或免费得到高质量, 国际水平的教育。本博客(www.straube.blogspot.com) 将讨论与此相关的问题。让我们从讨论美国大学出版社所出版的畅销书QGE=A, 高品质的普及教育是答案开始。我们欢迎您的参与和投稿。如果您希望成为本博客的作者, 请联系 information@straube.org
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1 comment:
No doubt, generally, “… learning is best achieved in a social environment with other learners and a caring teacher.”
However, two provisos:
(1) Top learners I know, as well as outstanding geniuses known from history, say like Albert Einstein, did learn best, and a lot more than the rest, by themselves, actually avoiding the social environment. It may very well be a Bell Curve which applies to those who need the social environment to help in their education. So, to the majority of learners the “social environment” requirement will undoubtedly apply. However not all. And those who don’t need that comforting environment can be a lot better learners and THINKERS than the rest, or, on the other side of the Bell Curve, a lot worse.
(2) THE key prerequisite in whether and how the pupil is going to learn, even the WHAT to some extent, at least initially, is the PARENTS, or at least one parent, or a substitute parent, or a mentor, or a combination thereof, who open the eyes of their charges, provide initiative, direction, caring. And that one is the truly essential and most important requirement. Therefore, IMHO, the entire education world should spend a lot more effort and time in trying to create enabling and inspiring parents.
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