Scott--
while I believe you have only the best intentions, your idea is fraught
with danger. history is filled with examples of people who wanted to
destroy how others "saw" things. Christians, Jews and Moslems share a
religious history based on changing how others see. Hitler, Lenin and
later Stalin had similar desires--as did Joe McCarthy. Members of the
ultra-right and ultra-left (in every place in the world, I suspect) share
this interest--knowing as they do the proper ways to see things.
the most dangerous person in the world, in my book, is the one who knows
how others should see things. for my part, I'm not sure I know which of
my conceptions are misconceptions. I'm working on this internally (as we
speak). I also don't know what a true idea is. I have a general idea
that all of my ideas can be true if I work to make them so. I also
suspect that the conceptions that you identify as misconceptions might be
a true idea. imagine that!
so, Scott, no thank you. your vision of utopian learning has no place in
my ideal world. my world is quite a bit sloppier, and has room for lots
of misconceptions and ideas masquerading as true.
Scott Ott wrote:
> I would go a step further and suggest that the old way of seeing things
> must be destroyed to make room for the new. I'm beginning to envision a
> learning sequence that first destroys misconceptions, before presenting
> the "true" ideas.
walk in peace,
Doc
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