No way!

Yes, students should be bored.

These students are too old to have fun in school.

Yes, students are quiet and well behaved.

Jenny follows directions while the teacher tells her what to do.

Carl is curious about worms, so the teacher encourages him to go find worms outside and write a report about what he found.

Mrs. Collins knows that learning about plants is important, so she makes her students memorize different leaf shapes.

Jose sits in silence while Mr. Roy talks about WWII.

Sitting and listening

Experience

Following directions

Teacher directed problems

Making students memorize the names of bacteria.

Asking students how they can figure out which place on campus has the most bacteria and encouraging them to find out on their own.

Showing a PowerPoint with anecdotes about the time you learned about bacteria when you were in high school.

Making students sit and read a pre-selected book about how bacteria grows.

K-3

4-7

8-12

All school age children

It may fail to prepare them for a collaborative workforce

It will teach them to be quiet in class

It will show them the industrial model of education

It may limit their ability to sit still