Stephen Downes

What Happens When You Leave Students Alone?
Susan Engel, Edudemic, January 30, 2012.

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I have made the case on numerous occasions that independent learning fails only because we have given our students no freedom to learn independently. Today a couple of posts come along reinforcing that argument, this one from Edudemic (summarizing a NY Tiems article) describing students in the Independent Project - "remarkable because they demonstrate the kinds of learning and personal growth that are possible when teenagers feel ownership of their high school experience" - and this one from Daniel Lemire describing his two rules for teaching: assign open-ended projects, and be an authentic role model. (Hits Today: 0 Total: 744) [Direct Link] [Tags: Schools, Project Based Learning, Experience]

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