No, the 19th century is the foundation of what we consider to be traditional teaching methods, with some antecedents in the 18th century as well. This is especially true in Math, where the standard algorithms we're taught for arithmetic were designed to help clerks in England's shipping businesses to add long columns of numbers in the most efficient way possible.
I'm talking before Ryerson, before even most private schools, became common - when education was often a near-solitary pursuit with the help of a tutor or parent.
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Date: 2009-06-22 10:30 am (UTC)I'm talking before Ryerson, before even most private schools, became common - when education was often a near-solitary pursuit with the help of a tutor or parent.