Comments by "the other Andrew" (@theotherandrew5540) on "Sprouts" channel.

  1. As with almost all educational reformers, he was largely ignored. He threatened the status quo, and dared to encourage the children to ... THINK!
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  2. Thinking is of course the ultimate aim (which is why most successful experimental schools, the world over, are eventually closed by governments). Self determined education, which is enjoyable is always and inevitable much more successful than a prescribed curriculum. The one major flaw in Locke's ideas is his lack of appreciation of the place of emotion. Young children learn through their emotions, and adult reasoning is always influenced by emotion, often blinded by emotion.
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  3. Abstract symbols have no meaning for small children, and often for those who have "street maths". It's not a problem of language. Eight apples has meaning. "8" is empty of meaning.
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  4. Thus Boris Johnson et.al.
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  5. From teaching an autistic youth, I learned that the way I see the world isn't the only way to see it. Why should my view be more "right" than his?
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  6. Accept them as they are and help them to make the best use of their unique abilities.
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  7. The theory is partially correct, but like all early theories, needs to be expanded.
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  8. My experience as a teacher in the UK, was that trying such innovative ideas got me into trouble. Almost universally, head teachers are obsessed with order and control. Effective education is a poor third. But Finland seems to have taken some notice, and the idea of rules by student/staff consensus rather than top down imposed was practiced by a few schools for severely disturbed children in the UK, and in Russia (Kitezh, a community of foster families).
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