Messy Works: Self-Organized Learning in the Classroom

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March 2, 2016 a project of ServiceSpace Seeing them take charge has really showed us that maybe we are being a little too rigid and structured, and not trusting our students enough. - Dora Bechtel - Messy Works: Self-Organized Learning in the Classroom Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiment in self-organized learning has garnered a lot of attention since it first begun in 1999 and won a TED prize in 2013. It demonstrated that a group of students working together, motivated by a deep question and with access to a computer, could produce amazing results. But few self-organized learning environments exist in traditional education. Maybe it's time to change that... { read more } Be The Change Check out the miracles happening in some of Sugata's short films, then bring one of his ideas to a child near you. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From Children Who Shine From Within The Science of Forgiveness How To Retrain Your Brain With Three Words Before I Go: A Neurosurgeon's Final Reflections On Mortality Ten Ways to Set A Positive Tone For the New Year The Top 10 Happiest Countries A Yuletide Gift of Kindness DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 167,113 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More