Molt discusses teacher freedom'
"What I choose to learn, I
can team, by golly, when I
want"
That' a child's natural feel
lng before the school system
forces him Into a fixed cur
riculum timetable determined
by the teacher, John Holt,
(author of books on con
temporary education) said
Monday.
This rigidity of schedule and
subject in effect slams doors on
a student's Inquisibiveness, Holt
told NU Teachers' College and
Tri-University personnel ki a
question and answer period.
The result: many kids get
"turned off by schools," he
said.
Calendar
Exposure to television lets
children today see problems
that exist In the world, the
former elementary school
teacher said. These problems
raise questions which pupils
soon discover their elders don't
know anything about, don't do
anything about or aren't willing
to discuss.
Learning material should
grow from the needs of the
people involved, Holt said.
"Each student should have a
unique place in .the classroom
and a unique relationship with
the teacher."
"Education Is the growth and
expansion of a person into the
world around him," he said.
"Living is learning. Education
may happen in a school, but it
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and Tony Smith, sculptor, 2:30 p.m.,
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can also happen in a lot of
other situations."
Any coersion from the
teacher only reduces the
chance that learning will be
genuine, Holt warned. "Kids
pretend to be learning," he
said. "They memorize in
formation to get an A on the
test. Then p h f t . . . it's
gone."
Holt also criticized com
pulsory attendance. "We're
running day jails for kids," he
said. "Anyone who is interested
in education should realize that
growth and learning are
voluntary."
Compulsory sex education
would also be coersion, Holt
noted. A teacher with anxiety,
worry or shame about sex
should definitely not be forced
to talk to children about it, he
said.
To illustrate bis point, Holt
quoted a news columnist who
jokingly wrote, "If teachers
can do for sex what some have
done for English literature, the
population problem will be
solved."
Holt emphasized that every
teacher has the right to help
children to learn in the way
that seems best to the
teacher.
"The only rule of professional
conduct," he said "is for the
teacher to do what he thinks
proper, helpful and appropriate
to facilitate learning."
NU is test center
for teacher exam
The University has been des
ignated as a test center for the
National Teacher Examina
tions on Nov. 14, according to
Lee De Jonge, Director of
Teacher Placement.
College seniors preparing to
teach should take the tests, he
said. Last year approximately
105,000 candidates took the ex
amination. Bulletins of Information des
cribing registration procedures
and containing registration
forms are available in the
Teacher Placement Office,
Room 101, Teachers College
Building. Prospective teachers
planning to take the test
should obtain these soon, he
said.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1970
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