He answers Peter that university education is still up to the student because universities contain many professors and classes, so students can structure their own learning while recognizing institutional limits.
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He says students' minds can blossom quickly when they become agents of their own learning and then advocate for the approach to parents.
He defines meta-learning as teaching students how to learn: memory, goals, strategies, reading plot, psychological profile, and character change.
The learning journal model lets students choose their own learning path, regardless of whether the project is cooking, driving, programming, or another concrete challenge.
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"And I have always been opposed to that. And so I've been slowly trying to get kids to read books and to act out..."
"So that really solidified for me and clarified me the importance of meta -learning. We need to teach students to learn for themselves. And..."
"And Peter asked a question. Okay. So, what can we learn in university? And the answer is that even though universities have become more..."
"the hardest thing to learn for students is the ability to self -assess accurately and so um but you know unfortunately in schools we..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
Jiang's education argument begins with a narrow definition and ends with a democratic dream.
A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
Jiang starts from a harsh premise: students do not mainly fail because they lack content.
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