February 27th, 2008
Business - A Poor Model For Learning
Government, business, and even education leaders often make the gross mistake of comparing schooling to business and using a business metaphor for learning.
-Schools are referred to as workplaces, students as customers, and performance is measured in terms of accountability. Equating young people’s learning processes with what adults do to make money is a false equation. Using a business model for learning is a practice that has been described by the comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead: “You know, that makes a lot of sense if you don’t think about it.”
THE PURPOSES OF SCHOOL AND BUSINESS ARE DIFFERENT
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