Why aren't children taught concepts before they are indoctrinated with facts?

Question

Glen B: Yes and no. The child both as it grows ...and more. Surely if neither are maintained in a healthy balance within a positive environment, the individual risks alienation - which isn't natural?

Answer 1

One would need a foundation(facts) before conceptual thinking.

Answer 2

Well, facts are surely what is useful in life. But most concepts would be too dificult for many children to grasp anyway, until they were older. Until then they have to learn the facts (a useful skill for later life). However, perhaps we should be more worried that teachers only ever teach children material that will come up on the tests, not what will actually benefit them.

Answer 3

Because a whole generation of free thinkers could challenge the government.

It is easier to teach a child that if they don't do as they are told they will be punished than to ask a child why they should not do that (what ever that may be)

This was they make better future slaves....I mean citizens. Don't speed, don't question the police, don't challenge the government or you will be punished......

Answer 4

Part of the problem with British education is that it smashes imagination out of their minds, the regurgitation of the national syllabus is deemed most important/only important thing in educational development

Neither are they taught how to learn in a self guided manner

I leaned that on my own at 19 and only started to have the courage to express myself through my own personal learning at university

What is the problem? Poorly brought up kids, half arsed teachers only there for the pay check, or a stupidly irrelevant to the society they will enter national curriculum?
Probably a combination of the above.

Answer 5

Because the elite that thinks they dominate our planet couldn't handle a generation of kids that could actually think and have ideas of their own.

Current schooling systems around the world are more concerned with producing good employees, compliant consumers and technocrats rather than well educated, human beings capable of thinking for themselves.

Answer 6

already alienated ! what can be done with sleeping parents?