Is Teaching About Instruction? or Selection?
15th February 2015
We propose a co-immunity theory of teaching, where attempts by a teacher to alter student neuronal structure to accommodate cultural ideas and practices is sort of a reverse to the function of the immune system, which exists to preserve the physical self, while teaching episodes are designed to alter the mental self.
An even more basic view is to look at ‘schooling’ as a means of sorting students by IQ — the farther you get, the higher your intelligence, so schooling credentials are a certification of intelligence more than a guarantee of specific knowledge.