Why personalising education based on student interests doesn’t work

Summary

Performance-based adaptation is distinguished from rewriting every topic around a learner’s interests.

Christodoulou accepts adaptation based on demonstrated performance but questions organizing content around preferences. Analogies must be familiar and illuminate the target concept; entertaining contexts can also distract.

The essay separates pacing, remediation, interest-based rewriting and learner choice. Its provocative title should not be treated as evidence against every form of adaptive instruction.