Open Education Through the Ages
summary
Archaeological overview claims open education is not new but rooted in ~100,000 years of practice: storytelling and hands‑on apprenticeship preserve multi‑generation knowledge (flood myths record Holocene events), Sumerian clay tablets show Sumerian homework, small collaborative teams outperform large ones so the recommendation is keep groups under six, and learning proceeds by trial so the practical advice is make mistakes fun. Concrete takeaways: use real projects, mentor‑apprentice roles, and codify community memory for long‑range lessons.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:50Education is the process of
- 8:16Human (Pre)History
- 14:1390,000 years of education'
- 14:50Instruction
- 15:25Story-telling
- 16:36Hands-on learning
- 17:35Long-term memory
- 18:53Open' vs 'Closed' Knowledge
- 26:26Interaction
- 27:57Group Size
- 31:21Mistakes
- 34:55Choices
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