Well I will start off by giving you my opinion on Gever Tulley video. I thought his idea of teaching these children how to work like this is great, he is letting them make their own mistakes on the projects and teaching them problem solving skills. He doesn't tell the kids how to do things so when they finish a project they can feel well accomplished on what they achieved. These children get to decide on what they want to make and how they want to make it, which is very different than the schooling system now-a-days. In schools now the teachers give you projects and you have to follow strict rules on how to make it. That in my opinion is stifling creativity in the younger kids today. Anther thing I felt was great about his approach at teaching was that when the kids got stuck on a problem he let them take a break and decorate the unfinished project, allowing them to take a step back and relax made it easier for them to clear their minds and figure out a solution to the problem. This my also help them to never give up, most times if you get stuck on a problem and you stress about it you just give up to make it easy on yourself. But this way they learn that solutions will just come and not to just drop the thing all together.
I would love to go to a school with this approach, I think I learn better through examples and working things out visually so this seems to be right up my ally. I think all kids should be able to do something like this. Kids today are to sheltered because parents are to scared bad things will happen to them or they will get hurt sometimes. What they don't know that sheltering your kids like that is keeping them from having a lot of fun. And it also keeps them from learning valuable skills that would actually help them in the long run when they are adults.
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