Question from an Ecourse Central training subscriber: "How does an Ecourse work?" Sometimes, even the basic of questions go right over people’s head. I’m talking about ME! Here I teach people to not assume anything and then I go and NEVER talk about how an Ecourse works….until now. I will keep things as basic as [...]
Jodi Hilton, writing for the New York Times, begins her discussion of a fundamental change in the teaching methodology for the course introductory physics at MIT thus: “For as long as anyone can remember, introductory physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was taught in a vast windowless amphitheater known by its number, 26-100.” True [...]
The primary thing the GED measures is thinking skill: the test taker’s ability to comprehend, apply, synthesize, evaluate and analyze. Most adult education programs follow the same curriculum used in high school, focusing on teaching facts and skills instead of teaching analysis, evaluation, and other thinking skills. Not only is this curriculum not relevant to [...]
A.L.O. is about alternatives to compulsory schooling.
