When the place of interest in education is spoken of in a
depreciatory way, it will be found that the second of the
meanings mentioned is first exaggerated and then isolated
When the place of interest in education is spoken of in a
depreciatory way, it will be found that the second of the
meanings mentioned is first exaggerated and then isolated.
Interest is taken to mean merely the effect of an object upon
personal advantage or disadvantage, success or failure.
Separated from any objective development of affairs, these are
reduced to mere personal states of pleasure or pain.
Educationally, it then follows that to attach importance to
interest means to attach some feature of seductiveness to
material otherwise indifferent; to secure attention and effort by
offering a bribe of pleasure. This procedure is properly
stigmatized as ’soft’ pedagogy; as a ’soup-kitchen’ theory of
education.
05/28/2007 09:15 PM
eLearning key to African development: experts (Independent Online)
More than 1 300 delegates from 88 countries are attending the second international eLearning Africa conference.
05/28/2007 10:35 AM
eLearning key to African development: experts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Technology-hungry educators and government administrators on Monday kicked off a three-day meeting in the Kenyan capital to boost the role of the Internet in education in Africa.
05/25/2007 02:02 PM
Kansas Health Care Association Chooses Silverchair Learning Systems as Official eLearning Provider (SYS-CON Media)
The Kansas Health Care Association (KHCA) has selected Silverchair Learning Systems as its preferred eLearning provider in an effort to bring its members effective solutions that will help improve their operations and reduce costs.