Play based curricula versus Drill& Kill
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/29/christakis.play.children.learning/index.html?iref=allsearch I am sure that most of my early childhood education friends will enjoy this article, urging play based curricula. The authors wonder why the nation does not more readily adopt this view. Let me tell you why, from the Sociological angle. The nation is increasingly skeptical of “soft” policies because the nation’s results, especially…