>There's no substitute for socialization.
The odd thing about 'socialization' is that it really means 'age segregated groups in a highly organized situation'.
Really, it's a thing that never existed until the last 100-150 years or so.
The odd thing about 'socialization' is that it really means 'age segregated groups in a highly organized situation'.
Really, it's a thing that never existed until the last 100-150 years or so.
We've got much smaller family sizes than 100-150 years ago, and much less "go run around town with your friends", so for better or worse, in-person school is the main form of non-virtual socialization a lot of kids get outside of their parents.
Like, open offices increase efficiency too right? So why wouldn't they be perfect for education, let's say a few hundred kid in same space?
Are you campaigning for self-directed learning like in the Sudbury Valley model?
Yep, those are the same qualities of Sudbury Valley schools!
https://www.reimaginedonline.org/2013/06/why-i-started-my-ow...
Is it desirable? I don't know. I suppose it's well suited to producing certain types of workers.