
How can we apply this project to a public Chilean School?
To be honest, I find it is extremely hard to achive a goal like this, because first of all, Chilean public schools do not count with the materials that "Tinkering Schools" requiere. Actually, there are some schools thta do not even have the resources needed to have regular classes, so it is almost impossible to think of having extra materials.
Secondly, I feel that before starting working on new huge projects like "Tinkering School", we, as future teachers, do have to solve the enormous problems education qulity has and children difficulties too.
These problems have been hidden for a long time and now, it is time to fix them if we really want to improve the whole country educational conditions.
One of the most serious problems to resole is the great distance thta exists between the established Curricuum and the real teachers practice at schools. We need to make students get closer to what is being asked for them to know and together with thta, we ought to relate those contents with their daily live and experiences.
Having that and other problem solved, we could start thinking of creating a project like "Tinkering School", where chidren would use their imagination and creativity, together with the development of some skills thta are kind of "forgotten" during regular classes, like kinesthetic and artistic skills.
Besides, by doing projects like thta, children woul be also learning how to solve problems in a funny and good way and that knowledge woul help them to acquiere a more tolerant and optimistic presonaity.
However, everything should be done little by little in order to not commit any mistake thta affects children development, instead of making them feel better. As a last advice, I think thta if we want a real improvment, we do need to be together. That is, to include al schools around the country and encourage all of them to start thinking about there is always a solution to make a better place to live in.
Bye!