the idea that we’d dumb down a curriculum for the minority is… troubling.
“No Child Left Behind” peering out from the shadows, gutting programs for more advanced students.
It’s easier to lower the bar than make people jump higher.
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flabberjabber@lemmy.world 4 hours agoExcept, research shows that even at preschool level kids are able to distinguish expertise through various social cues. At this age it’s more about authority than a hierarchy of trust.
But by the age I’m talking of, between 6 and 8, we have a wealth of research that shows that children are capable of understanding hierarchies of trust:
researchgate.net/…/232520123_Children's_Reasoning…
Soggy@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Huh. I stand corrected. I was under the impression that expressed more in the 8-12 “Pre-Teen” range.