“We can no longer assume that what we think children should learnis more important than how well they can learn.”
Learning has a dark side, it can be profoundly unhealthyphysically, emotionally, socially, linguistically, cognitively, intellectually, academically. Most of our unhealthy behaviors are learned (see: Unhealthy Learning). Children can learn in ways that misorient or disable their learning (see: Maladaptive Cognitive Schema). Children can learn in ways that cause them to avoid learning (see: Mind-Shame).
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Like your research. I live in Scotland with a respected education system but it unfortunately fails the children who do not just fit it. My son who took 7 years to get the diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum disorder has been out of education for 2 years and will be leaving the system with no qualifications which is so sad for me as he is intelligent and has a good memory for information. He has dyslexia which schooling wouldn't diagnose until he was 11 years old teachers thought he would progress naturally so tests weren't done and home work became an issue. I think you are correct and I believe if my son had had help with his dyslexia early it could have stopped him from avoiding education altogether because of lack of confidence. Just because a child looks able it doesn't mean they aren't struggling anf often the children struggling are embarrassed and just muddle on or drop out of education early. I personally think there is not the input or provision in place that there should be and educational experiences differ from school and teachers like a lottery, unfortunately my son was unlucky.
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