{"id":42886,"date":"2013-10-16T10:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T14:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=42886"},"modified":"2013-10-16T10:40:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T14:40:34","slug":"more-choice-more-control-tapping-into-passionsgifts-how-a-radical-new-teaching-method-could-unleash-a-generation-of-geniuses-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/10\/16\/more-choice-more-control-tapping-into-passionsgifts-how-a-radical-new-teaching-method-could-unleash-a-generation-of-geniuses-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"More choice. More control. Tapping into passions\/gifts. &#8220;How a radical new teaching method could unleash a generation of geniuses&#8221; [Davis]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/business\/2013\/10\/free-thinkers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How a radical new teaching method could unleash a generation of geniuses<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from wired.com by Joshua Davis<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That\u2019s why a new breed of educators, inspired by everything from the Internet to evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and AI, are inventing radical new ways for children to learn, grow, and thrive. To them, knowledge isn\u2019t a commodity that\u2019s delivered from teacher to student but something that emerges from the students\u2019 own curiosity-fueled exploration. Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside so students can teach themselves and one another. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>They are creating ways for children to discover their passion\u2014and uncovering a generation of geniuses in the process.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cBut you do have one thing that makes you the equal of any kid in the world,\u201d Ju\u00e1rez Correa said. <strong>\u201cPotential.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">He looked around the room. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cAnd from now on,\u201d he told them, \u201cwe\u2019re going to use that potential to make you the best students in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Paloma was silent, waiting to be told what to do. She didn\u2019t realize that over the next nine months, her experience of school would be rewritten, tapping into an array of educational innovations from around the world and vaulting her and some of her classmates to the top of the math and language rankings in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cSo,\u201d Ju\u00e1rez Correa said, \u201cwhat do you want to learn?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cThe bottom line is, if you\u2019re not the one controlling your learning, you\u2019re not going to learn as well.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a radical new teaching method could unleash a generation of geniuses &#8212; from wired.com by Joshua Davis Excerpts: That\u2019s why a new breed of educators, inspired by everything from the Internet to evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and AI, are inventing radical new ways for children to learn, grow, and thrive. 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