Day 10 - Education reform, starts with the removal of standardised curriculum.

With standardised curriculum comes:
Standardised testing; which brings
Competition
diminishes interest in a topic. (1)
Stress and anxiety (2, 3)

Age segregation: Age mixing brings
For younger
• Receiving care and emotional support (4)
• Learning by observation (5)
• More time in the Zone of proximal development (6, 7)
For older
• Nurture and lead (8)
• Learn through teaching (9)
• “Creativity enhancing” effects of young children (10)

Adults should not control children’s education, children educate themselves.

Notes.
1. Deci, Koestner, & Ryan (1999)
2. Segool, N. K., Carlson, J. S., Goforth, A. N., Von Der Embse, N. P., & Barterian, J. A. (2013)
3. Kohn, Alfie (1992)
4. Przybylski et al. (2009)
5. Pellis and Pellis (2011)
6. Spinka et al. (2001)
7. Konrath et al. (2011); Twenge and Foster (2010).
8. Ferguson (2010)
9. Black and Steinhkuehler (2009)
10. Durkin and Barber (2002); Ferguson (2010); Olson (2010).