Wacky Hermit
2008-05-17 12:41:54
Alice Roddy’s child-centered learning doesn’t work for many students. It works for my kids because they see me model good grammar, practical math, etc. at home. I give them the opportunities to ask “Mommy, how did you add those fractions just now?” For a child growing up in a home where those things are not modeled, the child-centered approach will not work. How do you know to be curious about apostrophes and commas if you’ve never seen one and never been taught anything about them? How will you learn if your teacher is waiting around for you to ask, but you don’t even have the words to ask?
No educational method is universally good for every child.
