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Why not establish an "intimate" connection between knowledge considered basic to any school curriculum and knowledge that is the fruit of the lived experience of these students as individuals?

How beautiful this statement is.

How often do we find that the instructor actually gives credit to the students, acknowledging that they may know more about a topic than himself? Perhaps it causes a bit of anxiety - a bit of a power struggle. Well, hats off to those who welcome students' expertise no matter which area. We are all researchers, observers, participators in a variety of things that allow us to know a little more about such topics than others. Experiential learning is thus something to be highly valued and should be emphasized in the class room. Can you imagine asking the opinions of 5th graders on some recess or after-school activity? who is more likely to play this kind of game and why? etc... What budding anthropologists they would be...