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What are your thoughts about the video and about Gever Tulley's approach to learning?

My thoughts about about Tulley's learing stlye and approach to learing are that I pretty much agree with everything he says, and his ways of teching are very helpful.  This video shows that working directly with kids and letting them explore new ways of learning helps them understand things without the help of an adult.  His approach to learing is different than most ways but I believe it is affective and works well. 

Did this video make you think of potential changes to our current system of education?

This video kind of changed my current way of learning and made me wish that more of my learning way more hands on instead of in the books and lecture.

What is Tulley saying about the learning process?

I believe Tully is saying that each child learns in different ways and that his teaching method is helpful and could potentially help children leard better in some areas rather then the traditional learning method. 

What have been your experiences as a student in school?

My experiences in school related to leaning have been the traditional type of learning.  By studying out of the book and by having the teaher lecture tothe class.  Most of my classes haven't been hands on learning, which I also think would be a better way of learning in some ways.

What have been your experiences learning things outside of school?

My outside of school learing experiences have been more hands on and learn it yourself.  I tend to like that style of learing because it helps me learn things quicker and easier.

Would you want to attend a school which approached learning this way?

Yes I think I would like to attend a school that has that type of teaching method.  I believe it would help me learn better and faster. 

In what type of learning environment would you thrive?

I would trive in a hands on environment where I could learn things by doing them myself instead of being told how to do it.

Can you think of a time when you approached learning something new in a new way?  What was the result? 

Yes, when I was told to learn something by watching someone else do it the wrong way, then I had to do it the right way.  The result was that I knew not what to do, so I did it right on the first try. 

What are your thoughts about how our society responds to failure?

My thought on how society responds to failure is that I believe that society feels failure is a good way of learing, as long as there isn't too much failure. 

Did anything else in particular really strike you?

Nothing else in this video really struck me. 

-Jeff