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3.11 - Harkness Reflection

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Question 1

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Reflect on this week and the lesson structure.
1) What are some Pros of the way we learned this week?
2) What are some of the Cons of the way we learned this week?

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Question 2

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In the material that we covered on East Asian Educational systems in China & Singapore students were encouraged and compelled to focus on learning and academic success for almost the entire day. The result is that these countries are producing students that learn difficult material very quickly at very early ages.

Some would say that in America we focus on the happiness of a child regardless of their intellecutal success and while we encourage young people to learn, we do not compell them to do so. The result is that we are producing students that learn basic material slowly at much older ages.

Question #1
1) Would your rather be forced to succeed or provided the freedom to fail? Based on your choice, provide two (2) benefits and one (1) complete example to support your point.

Question 3

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Competition is at the root of the success model for most of the top countries in education. Competition is also at the root of the success model for most of the top countries in finance especially the United States.

This would seem to prove that competition is clearly an effective strategy for motivating success.

Question #2
What arguement can you make that Competition is in fact NOT good for people. Provide two (2) clear negative consequences and one (1) complete example to support your point.

Question 4

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On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = Very low performance, 5 = Very high performance) how would you rate your performance in Harkness today?

Provide an explanation of your score.

Question 5

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How did Harkness contribute to you understanding of the topic?

Question 6

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What are other topics that you are interested in learning more about and bringing to the Harkness Table?