Pull vs Push: Student Centric

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Abstract

Learning needs to change, as much as possible, from an externally driven system pushed at students by the curriculum into an internally driven system in which work is pulled by students, based on their own needs and interests. A curriculum is first pushed to us (perhaps by the State, or an adopted off-the-shelf curriculum, or the school’s administration, or all three), then we push the subjects and the content of those subjects to our students. We also push course requirements, assignments, grading systems, and due dates. For that matter, we push our viewpoints, directly or indirectly. And all of us, teachers and students, get rated in one form or another on how well we helped push the prescribed curriculum.

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The International Educator
Paul Magnuson
Paul Magnuson
Educational Thought Leader

We can do school better by supporting authentic learning.

Bill Tihen
Bill Tihen
Educator and Technologist

Developer, Educator and very curious.