Remediation for Remedial Math #2 - Response to "Haim"

Some blog followers might be interested in a recent discussion-list post “Remediation for Remedial Math #2 - Response to ‘Haim’ ” The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: In response to my post “Remediation for Remedial Math #2” [Hake (2012)] at http://bit.ly/KZafu5, Math-Teach’s “Haim” wrote (paraphrasing) http://bit.ly/JbPAHM:

“Dewey (1899) (yes, that would be the 19th century) wrote http://bit.ly/JvR3cG: ‘I may have exaggerated somewhat in order to make plain the typical points of the old education: its passivity of attitude, its mechanical massing of children, its uniformity of curriculum and method. It may be summed up by stating that the centre of gravity is outside the child. It is in the teacher, the textbook, anywhere and everywhere you please except in the immediate instincts and activities of the child himself.’ In that one passage is every hoary idea that still animates the undead cadaver of education theory: discovery learning, relevance to the life of the child, child-centered education, active learning, etc. Richard, you complain of inertia? As well you should. But it is not exactly what you think.”

“Haim's” impoverished understanding of education dates at least back to Hogarth’s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hogarth “Scholars at a Lecture” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hogarth_lecture_1736.jpg of 1736 (yes, that would be the 18th century). “HAIM,” YOU COMPLAIN OF INERTIA? AS WELL YOU SHOULD. BUT IT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES [All URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 16 May 2012.]
Hake, R.R. 2012. “Remediation for Remedial Math #2 - Response to ‘Haim’ ” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/KtQ4c0. Post of 16 May 2012 11:54:37-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are also being transmitted to several discussion lists.