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Hi Nate and everybody--
Nate wrote,
>In formal learning enviroments
> participation is required, so teachers-adults don't have to
> struggle with designing activities that strike a balance between
> child and parent/community needs. As an example, I recently got
> a note from my son's teacher that he was defacing school
> property. He was actually bored with the activity he was forced
> to participate in, so participated in the only other activity
> that he saw available to him - making pictures on his desk. In
> an informal learning environment such as an afterschool setting
> if one finds one activity boring you go to another. If one
> wants children to participate in a more "formal learning
> activity" it needs to be designed in a way that children are
> motivated to engage in it.
My comment is that "formal learning" is not neccassary has to be forced and
"informal learning" can be forced. An example of the former is watching
wonderful PBS documentaries, an example of the latter is learning English by
immigrants.
What do you think?
Eugene
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