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From: | Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
Subject: | OFF-TOPIC: Changing Education Paradigms [Re: Advocating non-free softwares] |
Date: | Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:25:27 +0100 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) |
David Kastrup writes: > Starting scene of Macbeth. But at any rate, I perceive a shift in > educational systems to award degrees that have at best a weak > correlation with being competent in the certified field of expertise. > There is much stronger pressure on teachers and professors to have > enough students pass exams rather than make sure that those who pass > exams can be trusted with their subjects. > But we are by now seriously off-topic. You're not alone in perceiving this. The famous `Changing Education Paradigms' by Sir Ken Robinson is currently the most viewed TED talk. A broad movement has been started in the Netherlands to actuate this change in education: essentially a shift from tests to value. Greetings, Jan -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | AvatarĀ® http://AvatarAcademy.nl
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