Ray Kurzweil-going against the classical method of education?
Ran across this article below as I was reading through an email from “Big Think”. Ray Kurzweil founded Singularity University, a pricey think tank of sorts for graduate students and CEOs who come together to use technology to impact human issues.
I would deduce from what I’ve read that Mr. Kurzweil would go against the classical model of education, a model which I gravitate towards and try to implement at home. The classical model would say that children have to have the mental pegs in place before they can become “critical thinkers”. He argues that advancing technology will provide the database so teaching memorization of facts will become trivial (if I understood the article correctly). I may need to revamp the way I’m thinking in our home studies!
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