Audrey Watters

This post first appeared on aud.life When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of...

I transcribed the part of Sal Khan and Michael Noer's "History of Education" video that was relevant to my recent post on "The Invented History of 'The Factory Model of Education.'" I didn't include it in the article (it added another thousand or so words to an already wordy piece)....

This post first appeared on aud.life Alternate title: Men Explain “The Factory Model of Education" to Me I published some 3400 words this past weekend on “The Invented History of ‘the Factory Model of Education.’” It’s part of my ongoing series on “The History of the Future of Education,” which...

Travel Hermosa Beach. Berlin (for Kin’s API Strategy conference). Upcoming week: Barcelona. Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Hack Education Weekly Newsletter Raising (and Educating) “Free Range Kids” The Invented History of “The Factory Model of Education” Essays Elsewhere The Invented History of “The Factory Model of Education” on educationfuturism.com...

Finally, unless we capture control of the accelerative thrust -- and there are few signs yet that we will -- tomorrow's individual will have to cope with even more hectic change than we do today. For education the lesson is clear: its prime objective must be to increase the individual's...

This post first appeared on aud.life Here's The New York Times' David Brooks in 2012: "The American education model... was actually copied from the 18th-century Prussian model designed to create docile subjects and factory workers." You'd think with all those educated 18th century factory workers, Prussia would have done better...

Travel Nope. Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach and Berlin. Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Hack Education Weekly Newsletter, No. 107 Data and Diplomas: On LinkedIn’s Acquisition of Lynda.com The History of the Future of the Push-Button School Essays Elsewhere Data and Diplomas: On LinkedIn’s Acquisition of Lynda.com on medium.com The...

This post first appeared on aud.life Rhizo#15 Week 1 response: There is no such thing as objectivity. What we know and say and see is always partial, situated. As a writer and researcher, I try to make well-reasoned claims, but they are never not subjective. I don’t always know where...

It must be said that the cybernetic approach to instruction and the interest in programmed instruction did not arise by chance in the Soviet Union. It was prepared for by the logic of developing several strictly psychological and pedagogical ideas and approaches which, with the appearance of cybernetics, were interpreted...

Little by little the subversive features of the computer were eroded away: Instead of cutting across and so challenging the very idea of subject boundaries, the computer now defined a new subject; instead of changing the emphasis from impersonal curriculum to excited live exploration by students, the computer was now...