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Schools increasingly use computers to present a wide range of facts and concepts, but it is all on a symbolic level. Computers introduce children to a good deal of biology, geography, and atmospheric sciences, but what kind of knowledge is it if the child lacks relevant experience with water, wind, animals, and other natural elements? Similarly, what does it mean for a child to learn physics—principles such as velocity, force, and balance—without having had lots of experience throwing, hammering, seesawing, and climbing. The child learns words and symbols without having had the personal, bodily, and sensory experience that makes the symbols meaningful. The danger is that the child is learning at too cerebral a level. The child is becoming a disembodied mind.

Quote ID: 03284

Author

William Crain

Source

Reclaiming Childhood

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