https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/Astrid.xml Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:26:21 GMT feedland v0.5.59 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:26:21 GMT Astrid Fri, October 27, 2023 5:26 PM EDT <p>A thread on research questions in economics of education: As an economist from Norway working with education, on a one year sabbatical in the US w/ three kids 5, 7, and 9, I have so manyresearch questions. Writing them down – work in progress.</p> <p>Disclaimer: N=1 for school in Norway, childcare in Norway and kindergarten/school in the US, and both Norway and US are in high SES areas. This is by no means a representative sample or comparison. Also, not a teacher.</p> <p>Incentivising behavior: US school uses prizes to incentivize everything from homework, cleaning up, to knowing the right answer. Crowding out intrinsic motivation or creating opportunities for kids to eventually find it? Or is motivation motivation?</p> <p>Volunteering: US school asks us to volunteer for lots of tasks, always during school hours. Assumes parents have flexible jobs or that parents work part time / not at all. Great to see collaboration, community + extra help, worried about expectations and inequality.</p> <p>After school programs: US school has very expensive and not that flexible program that competes with extra curricular activities. There seems to be a lot of potential to increase coordination across activities and grade levels.</p> <p>Changing teachers: The US school has a new main teacher each year, while Norwegian schools typically cahnge much less often. Teachers get to specialize on their grade level and students learn to adapt to new teachers and settings, but there is a trade off in stability.</p> <p>Early learning: The US school starts with Kindergarten age 5. Learning to recognize letters and numbers and also some reading and math. Most kids can learn early, but what should you learn when? Time spend on academic activities is time not spent on something else.</p> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:26:21 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=169738 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=169738 A thread on research questions in economics of education: As an economist from Norway working with education, on a one year sabbatical in the US w/ three kids 5, 7, and 9, I have so manyresearch questions. Writing them down – work in progress. Disclaimer: N=1 for school in Norway, childcare in Norway and kindergarten/school in the US, and both Norway and US are in high SES areas. This is by no means a representative sample or comparison. Also, not a teacher. Incentivising behavior: US school uses prizes to incentivize everything from homework, cleaning up, to knowing the right answer. Crowding out intrinsic motivation or creating opportunities for kids to eventually find it? Or is motivation motivation? Volunteering: US school asks us to volunteer for lots of tasks, always during school hours. Assumes parents have flexible jobs or that parents work part time / not at all. Great to see collaboration, community + extra help, worried about expectations and inequality. After school programs: US school has very expensive and not that flexible program that competes with extra curricular activities. There seems to be a lot of potential to increase coordination across activities and grade levels. Changing teachers: The US school has a new main teacher each year, while Norwegian schools typically cahnge much less often. Teachers get to specialize on their grade level and students learn to adapt to new teachers and settings, but there is a trade off in stability. Early learning: The US school starts with Kindergarten age 5. Learning to recognize letters and numbers and also some reading and math. Most kids can learn early, but what should you learn when? Time spend on academic activities is time not spent on something else.