It depends on the subject and what you’re studying. Many subjects are like learning the piano - if the only time you practice is when you’re having your lesson with your teacher, you will never develop real competence or improve beyond a surface level. That said, everyone needs different levels of reinforcement, and the one that’s picked by a teacher is often arbitrary both in focus and in timing, so if an individual student has a more optimal way of doing their own reinforcement, they should be encouraged in that.
I mean that’s true except most kids (and probably their parents) also don’t know the “more optimal way” that suits the kid and will just opt to do less work. Most people are pretty bad at learning and retention as evidenced by, well, talking to people in public.
You could make the argument that that people got that away because teachers don’t get “optimal learning” either, which is a position I would support. However, I don’t think kids and parents choosing “always do less” is gonna fix it.
It depends on the subject and what you’re studying. Many subjects are like learning the piano - if the only time you practice is when you’re having your lesson with your teacher, you will never develop real competence or improve beyond a surface level. That said, everyone needs different levels of reinforcement, and the one that’s picked by a teacher is often arbitrary both in focus and in timing, so if an individual student has a more optimal way of doing their own reinforcement, they should be encouraged in that.
I mean that’s true except most kids (and probably their parents) also don’t know the “more optimal way” that suits the kid and will just opt to do less work. Most people are pretty bad at learning and retention as evidenced by, well, talking to people in public.
You could make the argument that that people got that away because teachers don’t get “optimal learning” either, which is a position I would support. However, I don’t think kids and parents choosing “always do less” is gonna fix it.