Friday, August 9, 2013

CM education and memorization

There seems to be two extremes in education today when it comes to the role that memorization plays in the instruction of children.  On the one hand, modern education disdains the idea of rote memory and says that it takes away one’s creativity. However, this philosophy is inconsistent, because students are then asked to memorize names, events, definitions, and spelling words for a test. And the next day, much of that information is forgotten anyway.
On the other end of the spectrum, the renewal of classical education has brought memorization to the forefront as a primary method for teaching elementary-age children.
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https://childlightusa.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/memory-work-in-a-mason-education-by-shannon-whiteside/#comment-2078

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