![]() ![]() ![]() “Unfortunately, the standard classroom model tends to ignore or even fly in the face of these fundamental biological truths. This is a very active, and personalized process, and one that is not really embraced by our current educational model. Referencing the work of Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel, Khan explains that new synaptic terminals are formed and new neural pathways are built as we learn, creating a web of connections and associations that we think of informally as understanding. In the chapter titled, “How Education Happens”, this concept is further discussed at a deeper level, and linked to research. Quicker isn't necessarily smarter and slower definitely isn't dumber.” Educators all know this, yet our existing education system does very little to accommodate this reality. Some people seem to catch on to things in quick bursts of intuition others grunt and grind their way towards comprehension. In this chapter he discusses the fact that, “People learn at different rates. He started tutoring her and this was essentially the genesis of the Khan Academy. In the opening chapter of this section, Khan explains how his cousin Nadia, a clearly bright and capable student, had hit a wall with math. Part 1 of The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined is titled “Learning to Teach”. We all learn at different rates, and in different ways Today I want to share some of the often simple yet uniformly powerful doctrines offered and verbally illustrated in Parts 1 to 3 of the book. There are various themes that arise repeatedly in the book, and many are spoken to with a straightforward eloquence. ![]() I truly believe that this publication should be required reading for all educators (I even bought a copy for the library at The College of Westchester). In May I wrote this post sharing some of the ideas expressed in the introduction to Salman Khan's recent book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. This book is a must-read for educators everywhere.
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