{"id":5390,"date":"2015-08-22T09:34:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T15:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2015-08-30T14:44:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T20:44:43","slug":"why-pushing-kids-to-learn-too-much-too-soon-is-counterproductive-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/22\/why-pushing-kids-to-learn-too-much-too-soon-is-counterproductive-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: Why pushing kids to learn too much too soon is counterproductive &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5407\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1986-06-007-adam4_wm-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"1986-06-007-adam4_wm\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1986-06-007-adam4_wm-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1986-06-007-adam4_wm.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Why are we in such a rush? It takes time to grow up and some things (perhaps even most things) need time to sink in. We need time to form new neural connections.<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, at the same time we are pushing kids to be &#8220;little Einsteins&#8221;, we treat them like they can&#8217;t handle complexity, or be alone, or take care of anything. No wonder kids are having trouble &#8211; we are giving them all kinds of mixed messages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2015\/08\/17\/why-pushing-kids-to-learn-too-much-too-soon-is-counterproductive\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5406\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Picture5-238x300.png\" alt=\"Picture5\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Picture5-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Picture5.png 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>Why pushing kids to learn too much too soon is counterproductive &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32.4000015258789px;\">Many schools force too much material onto the normally (and naturally) developing mind of young children and may inadvertently push children\u2014especially boys\u2014into looking like they have ADHD when they might not.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32.4000015258789px;\">It is rare for a child to be precisely at \u201cgrade level: in every subject.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s time to worry less about competing for the &#8220;best&#8221; schools (including preschools) and more about the kinds of human beings we are developing.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5390'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5390);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5390);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5390);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Why are we in such a rush? It takes time to grow up and some things (perhaps even most things) need time to sink in. We need time to form new neural connections. Curiously, at the same time we are &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/22\/why-pushing-kids-to-learn-too-much-too-soon-is-counterproductive-the-washington-post\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,9,373,24],"tags":[389,126,256,393],"class_list":["post-5390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-students","category-teaching-learning","tag-educational-technology","tag-gamification","tag-school","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1oW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3332,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/18\/are-we-teaching-our-kids-to-not-learn\/","url_meta":{"origin":5390,"position":0},"title":"Are We Teaching Our Kids to NOT learn?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm currently teaching an online graduate course in Digital Game Based Learning. 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