The industrial world’s practice of placing children in classes of similar ages with an adult teacher is not the only way to learn – and it might not be the most effective.

1 February 2021 – Each year across the world, kids of roughly the same age are packed into classrooms and confined to desks with the intent of learning from an adult teacher. But is this how children were adapted to learn?

In today’s technologically dependent, economically complex world in which a particular subset of skills is critical, fact-based knowledge is no doubt best imparted from those with experience—which is usually adults.

But what about social learning? Humans as a species are set apart by their incredible dependence on one another; cooperation is at the heart of both an individual’s survival and a functioning society. So, how do children typically learn to cooperate? 

A fascinating read from Karen Kramer. For the full article click here.