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Saturday, October 08, 2016
Saturday Stories: Distracted Learning, Learning, and Bullshit Learning
Joelle Renstrom in Aeon on
whether connected and distracted kids actually manage to learn anything
.
John Taylor, also in Aeon, on
whether modern day schooling teaches kids anything other than how to pass tests
.
Julia Belluz in Vox on
how to teach kids to be bullshit detectors
.
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