Comments on: The two fundamental problems of education http://andremalan.net/blog/2009/06/22/the-two-fundamental-problems-of-education/ Hacking Education and Technology Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: João Paulo http://andremalan.net/blog/2009/06/22/the-two-fundamental-problems-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-7547 João Paulo Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:09:55 +0000 http://andremalan.net/?p=261#comment-7547 The Fundamental Problem of Education is the problem of being able to randomly select a group (control group) of children from the world's population and instruct them in the use of mathematics. Math is the key. The rest follows. The next revolution is a revolution of education, that will be made possible by the use of virtual reality technology. Until that revolution occurs, NOTHING will change. Don't waste your time. The Fundamental Problem of Education is the problem of being able to randomly select a group (control group) of children from the world’s population and instruct them in the use of mathematics. Math is the key. The rest follows.

The next revolution is a revolution of education, that will be made possible by the use of virtual reality technology.

Until that revolution occurs, NOTHING will change. Don’t waste your time.

]]> By: Andre Malan http://andremalan.net/blog/2009/06/22/the-two-fundamental-problems-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Andre Malan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:43:14 +0000 http://andremalan.net/?p=261#comment-183 @Tyler I didn't propose any solutions... simply problems. Solutions only come after a thoughtful evaluation of the problems. The solutions do not have to be expensive (well planned open educational resources is an example of cheap solutions to the access problem). As for it taking away from business profit, as I eluded to in <a href="http://andremalan.net/2009/05/sethgodinchangetheworld/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> I believe that education is fundamentally important as it provides high quality human capital, something that has a much greater return on investment than any business venture society can come up with. Governments should invest due to the fact that the long term gain is gigantic. @Tyler I didn’t propose any solutions… simply problems. Solutions only come after a thoughtful evaluation of the problems. The solutions do not have to be expensive (well planned open educational resources is an example of cheap solutions to the access problem). As for it taking away from business profit, as I eluded to in this post I believe that education is fundamentally important as it provides high quality human capital, something that has a much greater return on investment than any business venture society can come up with. Governments should invest due to the fact that the long term gain is gigantic.

]]> By: Tyler http://andremalan.net/blog/2009/06/22/the-two-fundamental-problems-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Tyler Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:43:12 +0000 http://andremalan.net/?p=261#comment-182 Agreed. The problems are major. But I'm not so sure about the plausibility of the suggested solutions--especially since not only do they require a seemingly large sum of money, but they also appear to require taking away a lot of business/profit from companies. Agreed. The problems are major. But I’m not so sure about the plausibility of the suggested solutions–especially since not only do they require a seemingly large sum of money, but they also appear to require taking away a lot of business/profit from companies.

]]> By: Geoff Costeloe http://andremalan.net/blog/2009/06/22/the-two-fundamental-problems-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Geoff Costeloe Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:25:39 +0000 http://andremalan.net/?p=261#comment-181 Great article Andre, I believe that these two goals are both important but which one is more important depends on where you are and your wealth. When I was at the <a title="CGIU" href="http://www.cgiu.org" rel="nofollow">Clinton Global Initiative</a> meeting in February, Clinton said that for $25 billion dollars we could put every child on the planet in k-12 classrooms with qualified, university trained teachers. Compare that to the $1+ trillion being on the bailout. We can mobilize when we put our mind to it but something tells me developing world education isn't a priority now. Its a shame. Great article Andre,
I believe that these two goals are both important but which one is more important depends on where you are and your wealth.
When I was at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in February, Clinton said that for $25 billion dollars we could put every child on the planet in k-12 classrooms with qualified, university trained teachers.
Compare that to the $1+ trillion being on the bailout. We can mobilize when we put our mind to it but something tells me developing world education isn’t a priority now.
Its a shame.

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