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The EdTech Revolution Has Failed

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346 points obscurette | 1 comments | 12 Nov 24 14:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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brainwipe ◴[12 Nov 24 15:54 UTC] No.42116539[source]▶
IMO education is still built around Victorian structures and needs to be reworked from examinations downwards. Examinations are an exercise in being good at examinations, not proficiency in the subject. Once you strip that away the you wind back all the structures that feed it. You can see this working at schools designed for the neuro diverse. Those students simply can't sit and listen to a teacher all day, so each student learns in their own way and are better of for it.

Arguing about the effectiveness of edtech is like complaining there wasn't a viola on the Titanic's band.

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1. ericmcer ◴[12 Nov 24 17:12 UTC] No.42117374[source]▶
Yeah definitely agree. Tech at my kids school just means all the tests and homework are done on a computer instead of on paper, but it is still the same format as it has always been.

Would be cool to see more open ended long running projects instead of the standard 'lecture > homework > test' pipeline. Kids are also given a crazy amount of leeway and teachers/parents will drag a negligent kid to their diploma. Even if a kid tried to fail they would be met with a bunch of counselors and special classes begging him to put forth a minimal effort. It might help if we moved the guardrails back a bit and let kids know that failure is a very real possibility.