vwprime

Hi and thanks so much for being here today. I earned my BS in biological anthropology a long, long time ago (biology and philosophy being the bulk of my studies), and being gifted with the time and ability to go to school simply to learn led me to a wide range of seemingly unconnected, mutually exclusive areas of study. So I would like to ask if any of you find the lack of a synergistic approach to the acquisition and application of knowledge to be a problem, particularly in your given areas of specialization? To give an example, when I was in college, I was amazed at how little the students prepping to be preschool teachers knew about the biological development of the brains they would one day be shaping. And although there are schools/toys/learning games/etc., that are based on solid scientific research and likely very effective for the children lucky enough to have them, mainstream early childhood education does not often include them or even halfway decent substitutes. Do you think it is possible to create a holistic, synergistically based system of education that would potentially open the door to a more unified, successful and peaceful version of our species? Thanks again for being here to answer questions. I have immense respect for all of you and your work.

Thanks for your answer and the link. I went to school for 9 years for the fun of it, maybe it's time to go back! Thanks again, and have an excellent day.

Thank you very much. I was a grad student for zoology (for a minute) in the international program out of Miami University in Ohio (Project Dragonfly), and it was all about inductive learning. Best class ever, I got to go to Mexico and swim with sea lions. Epic! Learning through memorization is ritualistic and boring, and does nothing to stimulate the mind. Thanks for being here and answering questions, and thanks so much for the link. Enjoy the rest of your day.