di: Making lessons fun does not help children to learn, new report finds

[Kerry Hempenstall]

Thanks, Kathy

The Sahlgren report can be read at
www.cfee.org.uk/sites/default/files/CfEE_Trade-offs_finalwebproof.pdf


The report reminds of a quote from Ogden Lindsley, of Precision Teaching
fame:



"Most educators have bought the myth that academic learning does not
require discipline - that the best learning is easy and fun. They do not
realize that it is fluent performance - that is fun. The process of
learning, of changing performance, is most often stressful and painful".



Lindsley, O. (1992). Why aren't effective teaching tools widely
adopted? *Journal
of Applied Behaviour Analysis, 25,* 21-26.



Read more about Lindsley’s work at
https://education.uw.edu/sites/default/files/areas/edspe/white/docs/Lindsley_%26_PT.pdf

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 04:41, Kathy Pusztavari <k at kathyandcalvin.com> wrote:

> “Happiness, he believed, is a goal of education, not its means.”
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> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/11/14/making-lessons-fun-does-not-help-children-learn-new-report-finds/
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> - Kathy
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Regards,

Kerry

Dr Kerry Hempenstall
Senior Industry Fellow,
School of Education,
RMIT University,
Melbourne Australia
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