Andrew Sullivan

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1. Jim Tripp

   November 14, 2011 at 9:46 pm

   This is good…
   “If we learned our first language like we usually learn second languages, it might look like this. A young child says, “I am hungry.” The parent replies, “Wait! Before saying am, you first must learn to conjugate to be in all persons and number, in the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods, and in the past, perfect, and future tenses.” After a few months, or maybe weeks, of this teaching, the child would conclude that it has no aptitude for languages and become mute. And human culture would perish in a generation.”
   I think this guy’s experience with language learning illustrates perfectly the intrinsic motivation factor. I believe it’s power trumps even the best methodology. (But not the crushing factor of poverty, as Krashen often points out.)

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2. Robert Harrell

   November 15, 2011 at 12:02 am

   I clicked on one of the links and was taken to an interesting video about teaching physics using “street fighting reasoning” rather than “rigor [mortis]” style precision.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CdbBHzw8yQ
   I think I’ll share it with my colleagues and administrators. 🙂

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3. Chris

   November 15, 2011 at 5:18 pm

   I’m a fan of Sir Ken Robinson and came across this: http://juergenkurtz.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/sir-ken-robinson-bring-on-the-learning-revolution/

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4. Chris

   November 15, 2011 at 6:18 pm

   The video in the link I shared, you can either watch the whole thing, which is good, or at least start at 14:20. He says something that we TPRSers know all about he says “when we look at reforming education and transforming it…its about customizing it…personalizing education to the people you’re actually teaching”

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