Teachers must ditch 'neuromyth' of learning styles, say scientists
It would be more helpful to ditch the 'myth' that age-segregated classrooms are an improvement over the one-room school house.<p>It used to be that education was something people did for themselves. Parents or a teacher would help children learn what they wanted to learn, when they were ready to learn it. Modern schooling forces children to learn on the teacher's schedule.<p>John Taylor Gatto wrote extensively of the corrupt nature of institutionalized schooling 15-20 years ago. I guess it's not polite to point out that the system is rigged against children, so Mr. Gatto's insights into more effective teaching have been successfully ignored in recent years.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto#Main_thesis" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto#Main_thesis</a><p>"Against School: How Public Education Cripples our Kids, and Why" - <a href="http://www.wesjones.com/gatto1.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wesjones.com/gatto1.htm</a><p>Archive.org should have the complete text of "The Underground History of American Education", which was formerly posted in its entirety at <a href="http://www.JohnTaylorGatto.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.JohnTaylorGatto.com</a><p>Also search for "I quit, I think", and ... "The Seven Lesson Schoolteacher"... several copies of these essays are scattered around the internet.