[Its.an.education.project] Another set of thoughts

[Kim Rose]

Hi, Greg -

The book Alan refers to is "Powerful Ideas in the Classroom" by BJ  
Conn and me  -- you can see more here:
http://www.squeakland.org/sqmedia/books/kimbjbook.html

The essay Alan "passed around" was originally the foreword for this  
book.

cheers,
Kim


On May 2, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Greg Smith (gregmsmi) wrote:

> Hi Alan et al,
>
> Great article, thanks. I'm struck by how similar it is to Marvin
> Minsky's recent post on learning mathematics
> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Marvin_Minsky_essays).
>
> Interestingly, both use the same topology (mapping) analogy for
> learning.
>
> The end of your article refers to a book and projects in it. Can you
> send a link to that?
>
> I really like your case that children have to try it out for  
> themselves
> to fully appreciate the meaning of length or size.
>
> Understanding what science means by "knowing" was brought home for me
> when the Children's Museum in Boston took out the old T-Rex model (now
> outside) and replaced it with a new very different one. Until I was
> about 20 years old, everyone said the old one represented what T-Rex
> really looked like. Then he changed!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg S
>
>
> Alan Kay <alan.nemo at yahoo.com>
>
>> At the risk of trying to talk about education, here is another little
>> essay with a few observations...
>>
>> http://www.vpri.org/pdf/human_condition.pdf
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