I spoke with rne Gullich about the dangers of using questionnaires to base his research upon, a few years ago outside a cafe in Kaiserslautern. As you know, I've kept carefultrack of what my two children do and when. The randomiser in all of these is school games/p.e. and then also their own playground activity (when they used to play in the playground). Most kids I know can't remember what they did the week before, let alone last year, or last decade. The 'selective-memory' kicks in and, just like statistics, researchers can find the story they want from the 'data.' I agree with your points about sampling, and for one reason the NGBs don't like: the kids are more likely to find 'their' passion through sampling, not their parents' passion.
Yes, my greater point was about research. I'm not a proponent of early specialization, although I don't think as many children are strict early specializers as we believe. I really believe we conflate the year-round competitive schedule with specialization, but they aren't the same. The more I read the research in topics like early specialization, the more I question almost all research, which is problematic when the other side is already like science bad.
I spoke with rne Gullich about the dangers of using questionnaires to base his research upon, a few years ago outside a cafe in Kaiserslautern. As you know, I've kept carefultrack of what my two children do and when. The randomiser in all of these is school games/p.e. and then also their own playground activity (when they used to play in the playground). Most kids I know can't remember what they did the week before, let alone last year, or last decade. The 'selective-memory' kicks in and, just like statistics, researchers can find the story they want from the 'data.' I agree with your points about sampling, and for one reason the NGBs don't like: the kids are more likely to find 'their' passion through sampling, not their parents' passion.
Yes, my greater point was about research. I'm not a proponent of early specialization, although I don't think as many children are strict early specializers as we believe. I really believe we conflate the year-round competitive schedule with specialization, but they aren't the same. The more I read the research in topics like early specialization, the more I question almost all research, which is problematic when the other side is already like science bad.