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Re:How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Anal... by jacobedawson on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:00AM (#29540743)
Seems like education doesn't have to scale terribly - perhaps we should move to a system where the highest quality teachers produce content that can be asynchronously shared globally (think Masterclass, language permitting), while the "in-house" teachers can work more as "guides".

There'll still be a varied quality of in-house teaching, but at least the primary lessons could be world-class regardless of the location.

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Re:How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Anal... by nradov on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:07AM (#29540827)
This has been happening for years. The highest quality teachers (for some definition of "quality") sell lesson plans to their peers.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

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Re:How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Anal... by Peritract on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:21AM (#29540973)
It doesn't really work like that - you can produce and share exceptional resources, but that's not a substitute for a good teacher in the room.

Education definitely can scale, but good education scales much less well than slick-but-ineffective education.

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Re:How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Anal... by watwut on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:20AM (#29540968)
"In-house" teachers are have been using asynchronous materials for decades now. Books were available since forever and videos for like two generations now.
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Re:How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Anal... by ovi256 on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:14AM (#29540910)
> where the highest quality teachers produce content that can be asynchronously shared globally (think Masterclass, language permitting), while the "in-house" teachers can work more as "guides"

Yes, that would be best, but that removes the most fun aspects of teaching (curriculum development, lecturing) from the local teachers, while leaving them the most draining (keeping students on task, discipline, keeping the classroom quiet).

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Re:How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Anal... by threatofrain on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:57PM (#29542208)
Like Khan Academy, which is already an invaluable tool for parents and teachers, but something is missing.
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