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Originally Posted by Lateralus
This is pretty much the dominant teaching philosophy in Australia and New Zealand. When I go into the classroom, the first thing I gauge is what Bloom's intelligences the children seem to favour and how I can work this into lessons to cater for everybody's different learning styles. Is this not something that is embraced in the US?
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Not really. Especially from Jr. High upwards it's mostly about conditioning the kids so they can pass the tests so their school won't get it's funding cut. In general, they're treated like a batch and if the kids don't conform to that teacher's style of teaching then it's viewed as the kid's fault for being so dumb.
That's not to say it applies to all US Schools. We have some very nice ones with some fine people working at them and trying their best to educate kids. But for a lot of schools, especially in low-income areas, it's a real mess.