tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193016245313729887.post8383066472131420961..comments2023-11-02T02:18:48.851-07:00Comments on सा विद्या या विमुक्तये।: Educational SurveysChadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12012201251320924405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193016245313729887.post-63393211587699768452008-01-02T17:07:00.000-08:002008-01-02T17:07:00.000-08:00This NY Times article was one of the most emailed ...This NY Times article was one of the most emailed of the day:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/business/worldbusiness/02japan.html?em&ex=1199422800&en=6a24bd9e75389e18&ei=5087%0A<BR/><BR/>I think the author may have missed a few points that needed to be made, like exactly what kind of Indian schools he's talking about. Probably not rurual government schools. Such an interesting contrast to your blog and experience. Maybe after this you can move to Japan and make tons of money by opening an authentic Indian elementary school...courtneyNchambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02404107163402396800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193016245313729887.post-28551195205359438852007-12-27T13:32:00.000-08:002007-12-27T13:32:00.000-08:00Chad,Reading through this entry struck multiple co...Chad,<BR/><BR/>Reading through this entry struck multiple cords in me, both from my experiences in I-INDIA and from some educational history I've been learning this last semester, so I thought I'd share (sorry, its a bit of a long comment...). <BR/><BR/>The U.S. education system actually used to be very very similar to the current Indian system-- rather surprising for a country that now prides itself on its creativity. We in the U.S. have gone through multiple different types of schooling. One type in particular might be interesting to you in this context. They're called monitorial schools, and they're far from perfect but they were a step foward at the time for the U.S. and sound a lot like the type of schools you're talking about trying to develop. <BR/><BR/>In most schools of the time,one teacher would teach straight off a chart at the front of the room to an often large group of student (sound familiar?). In monitorial schools, there was still only one main teacher but the students were broken up by ability level and the top students in each grade would take turns walking around and helping the grade below them. The main teacher would monitor, but it was really the students who taught most. This arrangement helped the school and fostered leadership in the kids while keeping students thinking about the material they were learning, as they had to reteach it to others later. They were often still learning off the chart, but it was a step forward...<BR/><BR/>Anyways, that was just my thought. Revolution is possible.<BR/><BR/>~CCarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480295606309768652noreply@blogger.com