An outstanding read! I can't believe the Stanford experiment never occurred to me in all the fuss over Abu Gharaib.
One place where that bit of research, or at least its lessons, has been noted is in pedagogy, specifically classroom management. There is a strong focus on controlling the classroom environment, because most students will misbehave somewhat in a classroom not specifically designed for learning. I see it as much bigger than that - if the entire school does not have a culture of respect for learning, then all but a few stronghold classrooms will be mediocre at best.
Sadly, changing institutional culture is a very difficult thing, and the entire staff needs to buy into it.
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Date: 2006-11-28 04:17 am (UTC)One place where that bit of research, or at least its lessons, has been noted is in pedagogy, specifically classroom management. There is a strong focus on controlling the classroom environment, because most students will misbehave somewhat in a classroom not specifically designed for learning. I see it as much bigger than that - if the entire school does not have a culture of respect for learning, then all but a few stronghold classrooms will be mediocre at best.
Sadly, changing institutional culture is a very difficult thing, and the entire staff needs to buy into it.