Why Medieval Apprenticeships Were More Effective Than Modern Schooling
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Summary
The article challenges the modern assumption that contemporary education methods are superior by highlighting the effectiveness of medieval apprenticeships. It argues that hands-on learning under a master, as practiced in the past, may be more effective than traditional schooling for mastering skills. The piece suggests applying apprenticeship principles to modern learning goals.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWe tend to assume that if people today and people five hundred years ago do things differently, it’s because we’ve figured out a better way to do it.
Apprenticeships were, for a long time, the dominant way of learning professional skills.
Yet despite overwhelming progress, it’s ironically in the area of education that we may be the ones who have it backward.
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