Stuart Firestein makes a few good points on the topic of education after the 15:00 mark
http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_firestei...rance.html
"I think this comes from what a teacher colleague of mine calls "the bulimic method of education." You know. You can imagine what it is. We just jam a whole bunch of facts down their throats over here and then they puke it up on an exam over here and everybody goes home with no added intellectual heft whatsoever."
http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_firestei...rance.html
"I think this comes from what a teacher colleague of mine calls "the bulimic method of education." You know. You can imagine what it is. We just jam a whole bunch of facts down their throats over here and then they puke it up on an exam over here and everybody goes home with no added intellectual heft whatsoever."