193. Chris Edwards on Educational Reform and Thought Experiments
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is the Seat Time Model a Bad Idea?
Right now what we have is a full school day. Kids get done three or four o'clock, whatever, and then they've got another two hours of extra trickler sandtey come home completely wiped out. With ta model, a, with e mastery learning model, they could spend that rest of that time of the school day engaging in their extra trick, or getting some physical education, whatever it may be,. Then go home and actually have an afternoon after the parents get home. Is upposed to being con because the anxiety levels that are developed by the seat time model for the students are really one of the most damaging aspects f i mean, it's hard to believe how
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