Guiding kids to become free-spirited geeks!
Welcome to iChessGeek, an experimental program designed to nurture the growth of young geeks. We are exploring a three-stage guided approach to empower children with the skills they need to become independent tech professionals.
Traditional education often views child development as a process divided into fixed stages. We, however, believe that a child's initial state is more akin to the random initialization of an AI model, lacking a standardized stage-based division. Imposing a one-size-fits-all educational approach on all children can be detrimental to many.
On the other hand, while it's true that children's initial states vary widely, after infancy, their brain development typically follows three distinct phases:
- Diversification: Multiple connections are formed from the initial state, creating neural pathways.
- Pruning: Neural connections are reduced, enabling higher-level thinking.
- Consolidation: Training is intensified along the most suitable neural pathways to acquire specialized skills.
As the great biologist D'Arcy Thompson stated, "Everything is the way it is because it got that way."