History Without Text Books
Reuters reports, "What began as a long-shot attempt last year by Pearson Plc to sell California educators digital materials to teach history and politics, collectively known in US schools as social studies, has become reality in what could be the first large-scale step to eliminate books from classrooms." I'm completely intrigued by the idea of learning history without textbooks. What do you think?
posted by Andrew Pass @ 7:57 PM
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I'm not sure intriguing is the word I would use. I recently downloaded a slew of ebooks from G.A Henty - because the writing of them is as much a piece of history as anything.
But I think perhaps you and I are discussing different elements of history. I'm as anxious as the next person to see where education goes; Virtual Public Schools are on the horizon. THAT intrigues me.
Since you asked, I think it is possible to teach history without a textbook, per se, but there will always be some sort of core teaching material that serves as the driver of the curriculum. Pearson is merely putting its text online. While I'm waiting to see a copy of what Pearson has done (anyone have a password?), I'm going to be skeptical that any of the largest publishing houses are providing the best in instructional materials for our kids...in history or any other subject.
Thanks for raising the question, Andy. Let's keep the discussion going!
Mark
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