Post by Pincho Paxton on Mar 17, 2024 12:11:40 GMT
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Study of long-term student engagement challenges 'one great teacher' narrative of education
Pincho says...
I was a genius at school so I was allowed to read comics whilst everyone else did maths, because I already knew the maths that they were being taught. But I also got an eating disorder so I had to be monitored which meant that at 9 I got a personal tutor all to myself. That was great I learned so much more that I passed A level maths at 10 years old. I was programming at 17 years old which was when computers first came out in the UK. My first time even seeing a computer I fixed a program that had a fault in it just by guessing what was wrong with it.
One to one teaching is obviously the best way to learn anything. But also after about 18 years old you need to learn how to teach yourself... observation is important. I mean real observation not the Cavendish Experiment type observation. You need to know what a real observation is compared to an optical illusion. You need to look at iron filings and realise that you can't tell if they are pushed, or pulled. You need to learn how to deduce whether they are pushed, or pulled yourself. You need to restart science from scratch, and ignore what everyone tells you.
So from a teaching class work downwards to a personal tutor, then to yourself.
Pincho Paxton
Study of long-term student engagement challenges 'one great teacher' narrative of education
Pincho says...
I was a genius at school so I was allowed to read comics whilst everyone else did maths, because I already knew the maths that they were being taught. But I also got an eating disorder so I had to be monitored which meant that at 9 I got a personal tutor all to myself. That was great I learned so much more that I passed A level maths at 10 years old. I was programming at 17 years old which was when computers first came out in the UK. My first time even seeing a computer I fixed a program that had a fault in it just by guessing what was wrong with it.
One to one teaching is obviously the best way to learn anything. But also after about 18 years old you need to learn how to teach yourself... observation is important. I mean real observation not the Cavendish Experiment type observation. You need to know what a real observation is compared to an optical illusion. You need to look at iron filings and realise that you can't tell if they are pushed, or pulled. You need to learn how to deduce whether they are pushed, or pulled yourself. You need to restart science from scratch, and ignore what everyone tells you.
So from a teaching class work downwards to a personal tutor, then to yourself.
Pincho Paxton