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So I am in a CS course in Germany and as a Frontend Dev I can’t help but notice how broken traditional education is especially compared to the skill requirements of today ...On twitter.com
Mood +1 🙂
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#1 starting with tests: the real incentive of a subject is not to understand it, but to pass the test; And that’s the metric students optimize for. How? By shoving it in two days before, vomiting it out and then forgetting what they’ve learned ...Permalink On twitter.com
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#2 we really learn by making mistakes and gathering experience; but making mistakes is actually decentiviced in university by the threat of scores. You are supposed to know the right way, without having explored the wrong ways and why they are wrong ...Permalink On twitter.com
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#3 group work is the worst: everybody knows the result is just for the prof and nobody is motivated. However, working on a real project in a group is awesome because you are motivated that real people will use your thing ...Permalink On twitter.com
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#4 our schools prepare you to be a good employee, to think inside the box, as though we are living in the age of cotton mills and gear factories ...Permalink On twitter.com
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There has to be a better way, I wish I could help improve our educational system ...Permalink On twitter.com