Thing 5
I have often told people that Woodward has a gifted program all day long, but lately I am concerned that this is not the case. The blog, about the gifted girl, name Georgia, being thwarted in her attempts to create a meaningful learning experience for herself made me reflect, “Am I creating an environment where children have a meaningful learning experience?” I also reflected on an earlier blog about stifling young Leonardo’s. Does a college preparatory school need to teach content, do we need to teach skills, do we need to teach problem solving skills, communication skills, technology skills, foreign language, an appreciation of literature, the arts, and music, social skills, and understanding of history, health, and responsible global governorship. Is there a place and a time in the student’s 13 years here to get this all in and yet let them be creative? let them have ownership of their learning? can we trust them to own their learning? If less is more can these myriad topics be right for our children? But it is a complicated world what is the right path? Sheesh! My head hurts.
http://wanderingink.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/how-to-prevent-another-leonardo-da-vinci/
http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2008/02/because_i_said_no.php
