John Taylor Gatto was a New York school teacher who encouraged his student to pursue their own interest and discover their environment. His student became free thinkers and able to adapt to their environment at the same time passed their exams. Johns method was not welcomed in the school system so he used the deep learning approach to find out why the education system was bent on dumping student down, stripping them out of their identity, depriving them out of exploration, extending childhood and turning them into cogs in a machine. John Taylor Gattos discovery led him to publish Underground History Of America Education Ripping apart the rituals in school such as the use of bell in school, the purpose of boarding school, the ideas behind home work, etc. In this clip (00:32) he illustrates the argument between the slave system and wage system we now live under. 1:15:00 On John Calvin methods of Christian religion in schooling; 2:00:00 Richard Brandson and other entrepreneurs; 2:29:00 on literate and literacy; 3:09:00 Thomas Edison; 3:17:00 Machiavelli - the Prince; 3:30:00 school testing; 3:46:00 what you can and cannot do that you dont know you can; 4:05:00 the rules of accessing elite areas; 4:27:00 human as capital risk if left alone; 4:51:00 Principle of secondary education; 5:03:00 how to access institution; 5:15:00 Sensible children do not wish to be incomplete human beings; You judge people by performance not credential. 5:20:00 Persistence in the face of adversity is the final test https://youtube/watch?v=GxCuc-2tfgk
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:30:55 +0000