The journey to student-centered learning

This post was originally published on October 31, on Education Technology.

“All aboard!” shouts the Railway-Conductor-Head-teacher and all the traveler-students get in the train. It’s going to be a looong journey — typically lasting 14 years, 18, or even more. The traveler-students must be on time, get in the right rail-car, sit in the designated place, present with regularity their passes, and wait for the next train stop in order to make an upgrade to their traveler status. Those that refuse to perform any of these actions get penalized or even banned from getting aboard again. Some may even chose to jump out of it, regardless of risks.

In case it’s not clear by now that the above lines are not at all about a train journey, I must say I’m actually talking about our educational system. From Kindergarten to high school and after that in college, our students are mostly treated as if they’re traveling with a railroad train of the past, bringing all of them in the same direction at the same time. And we keep wondering about the high rates of dropout students.

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