LKL wrote:
techstepgenr8tion wrote:
Ewww... couldn't they just solve the problem the right way by looking at the differences in learning style or is that still a good 20 years too taboo at this point?
The problem with that is that shoehorning all boys into one 'learning style' and all girls into another 'learning style' is a disservice to a huge proportion of the students, who do not fit the stereotypes for their gender. Better to make classrooms less like factories and use things that benefit all students (like recess, where otherwise 'adhd' boys can work out their energy and calmer students can look at clouds, or whatever, and which is being cut (or so I have heard) in a lot of schools).
And, since kids are in the education system for twelve years, even if everyone learned how to teach better to the individual child today, it would be a dozen years before you see the effect in college admissions. Meanwhile, a whole generation of women will be looking for spouses they consider their intellectual equals, while the ratios bode poorly for them. Colleges already know they can't attract all the best women if the women see the dating pool as out of sync.
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Mom to an amazing young adult AS son, plus an also amazing non-AS daughter. Most likely part of the "Broader Autism Phenotype" (some traits).
23 Jul 2011, 7:33 pm
