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Kids, not Widgets

October 25, 2017 in Teacher Education, Curriculum

What emerged from the Cold War -- an automated, industrialized, top-down approach to teaching and learning -- is opposite the inventive, progressive environments we embrace in all other facts of life from business to entertainment. You can't create new ideas if you're constantly herded back to the beaten path.

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Tags: Progressive education, Educational deregulation, Educational innovation
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