[IAEP] Physics - Lesson plans ideas?
Joshua N Pritikin
jpritikin at pobox.com
Sun Aug 23 11:13:08 EDT 2009
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 08:41:40PM -0700, Alan Kay wrote:
> The important thing about what the computer does in this case --
> repeated incremental additions -- is that the children can and do
> carry it out themselves.
Well, perhaps gravity is an ideal topic to teach for this age group.
However, I still believe that less than ideal pedagogical topics can
contribute to an understanding of scientific inquiry.
To me, it just doesn't seem black and white. There must be a whole
spectrum of learning experiences of greater and lesser pedagogical
value.
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