"Missionaries who visited the Arctic... wrote in their diaries that it seemed like Sámi children could do whatever they liked, & that they lacked discipline altogether.

"However... the seemingly rule-free Sámi way of child-rearing has its own intricate structure and philosophy."

https://twitter.com/BBC_Future/status/1483439737956298753

"One of its guiding principles is that rather than following a fixed schedule, the whole family adapts to whatever tasks need to be carried out, be that earmarking, travelling or other joint activities. Within that framework, children make their own choices."

THREAD:

Why we need to FLATTEN THE CURVE of non-essential memorization in schools: Here’s a fact:

Fifty percent of Americans DON’T KNOW that antibiotics can’t cure a virus.

FIFTY PERCENT.

Including this one right here:

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1248698754556923904

THREAD: The Elephant in the Reading Room

In a recent piece on dyslexia, a well-known cognitive scientist states that “we know that (dyslexia) is not simply a delay, a product of the fact that kids develop at different rates.”

danielwillingham.com/daniel-willing… His evidence for this assertion is that “the kids who read poorly in elementary school continue to struggle” later on down the road unless they receive specialized intervention.

Okay, this makes sense. Or does it?

FYI:

Dr. Chester M. Pierce, who coined the term "microaggression," also coined the term "childism:"

bit.ly/2R7oWon HT @TobyRollo #Childism 2. "In childism, the child-victim is put on the defensive. He is expected to accommodate himself to the adult-aggressor, and is hardly ever permitted to initiate action or control a situation."

THREAD:

When educators talk "core knowledge," or "standards" or "sharing the best of our culture," ask yourself:

Whose knowledge? Whose standards? Whose culture?

What are we required to remember? What are we required to forget?
bit.ly/2C31h42 In E.D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge test, "What Your Kindergartener Needs to Know," 5-year-olds are required to learn that Christopher Columbus was "a dreamer, with big ideas!"

And great hair!

Okay, there’s a thing we need to #DISMANTLE.

I just published, “Science / Fiction: Evidence-Based Education, Scientific Racism, and How Learning Styles Became a Myth.”
carolblack.org/science-fictio… Wait, what? Learning styles? I thought scientists had concluded that believing in learning styles is like believing in Big Foot! Or unicorns!

Well… not exactly.

OK, RE-THREAD:

In @TheAtlantic on Friday, @natwexler says children need a core knowledge base in order to become fluent readers.

She suggests teaching about "Native Americans and Columbus”… in kindergarten.

Welcome to our nightmare world, little ones. 2. But don’t worry. She's not advocating that we teach kindergarteners the *truth* about Columbus. She’s basing her ideas on the E.D. Hirsch Core Knowledge curriculum.

In Hirsch’s “What Your Kindergartener Needs to Know,” Columbus is "a dreamer, with big ideas!"

And great hair!

THREAD

Brief tutorial in why innovations in institutional education always "fail." 2. First ask yourself: Why does the existing education system consistently fail a large percentage of kids?

(Aside from the obvious issues of poverty, inequity, racism, trauma.)

THREAD

How kids learn without your “feedback:” Kids, like artists, scientists, & athletes, obsessively repeat the things that interest them –– over & over & over.

This is not a surprise. At it’s core, Didau's anti-LS position rests on a narrow IQ-based view of intelligence that is structurally racist.

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Here’s Dr. Yana Weinstein on Didau's Learning Spy blog: bit.ly/1Oha3ri