Article: "Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School"

[Lillian J]

Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School

Excerpt:

"Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental. It's this kind of learning, in fact, that allows kids to learn from teachers in the first place. Patrick Shafto, a machine-learning specialist at the University of Louisville and a co-author of both these studies; Noah Goodman at Stanford; and their colleagues have explored how we could design computers that learn about the world as effectively as young children do. It's this work that inspired these experiments."

Lillian

[Storm Bride]

I'll have to read it, but that excerpt sounds like the article should be titled "Why School Shouldn't Be Like School".

[Momma Aimee]

don't mean to steal the thread -- Lillian I was trying to find you blog -- with all the articials and links and activities -- i can't find it ... ??

[Stacey B]

Isn't the question then why most learning doesn't continue in this vein further?