Topic 3 (Forum Post moved here)

I have always found the concept of Resource Based Learning interesting, especially from an early childhood perspective. Going right back in preschools there has always been resource based learning and little teacher directed, whole group activities. Yet schools seem to be the complete opposite. In some ways I can understand that as schools often have less time and more concepts to teach. There is also the need for explicit teaching of subjects (e.g reading) that are difficult to learn through RBL. To be honest I think there should be a mixture of teacher directed and resource based learning. We are often told that students learning differently so we cannot say that one teaching approach/ style is better then the other when we should be using a variety.