in his book, “Education at Bat: Seven Principles for Educators," Harvard Graduate School of Education professor David Perkins notes that schools are very good at asking students to practice things in isolation - learn your multiplication tables, practice your vocabulary and grammar, write an essay for your teacher, without ever asking children to put the parts together and play the game. We would never ask children learning to play baseball to only take batting practice, run the bases, and throw with a teammate, never giving them a chance to put the parts together and play the game.
So why should we do that with school?
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