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Blogs from The 21st Century Learning Initiative
Posted September 30th, 2009 by admin
It’s Really Very Simple
The solution to England’s education problem
The first of the Party Conferences (the Liberal Democrats) is now over, and soon it will be the turn of Labour and then the Conservatives. The media is, and will be, full of comment, and counter argument. Confusion would dominate over-clarity as people try to understand what the different policies actually mean.
Edvolution
Recommended by AnonymousA great Canadian blog site highlighting issues in holistc educational reform..
What's Wrong in Education: A Student's View
Posted March 13th, 2008 by carrieannHere is an a snippet of 16-year-old Paul Hillsdon on the purpose of education: “Schools need to be facilitating the full development of young children to a young adult; raising people who are vocal enough to question the unquestionable, creative enough to imagine the unimaginable, resourceful enough to answer their own questions, and radical enough to believe they can change the world for the better.”
building the wrong skills?
Secondary schools are typically structured in ways that fail to foster the development of 21st century skills like creativity, problem solving and ingenuity.
Deep down many children became deeply frustrated, -John Abbott, Terence Ryan
Posted February 18th, 2008 by carrieannDeep down many children became deeply frustrated, with so much of their latent predispositions just untapped by the daily routine of instruction. The daily challenge of making sense of their environment had been replaced by a dull recognition of waiting to be told what to do and how to do it.
We must ask deeper questions about the very instit-John Abbott, Terence Ryan
Posted February 18th, 2008 by carrieannWe must ask deeper questions about the very institutions of schooling than have so far been raised in the school reform movement with its short-term panaceas of more accountability, site-based management, standardized tests, prescribed curricula, and longer hours for teachers and students. We have to be much smarter than this and accept that we are dealing with a deep systemic crisis.
Not only is the system upside-down, but by failing to recognize the significance of informal learnin-John Abbott
Posted February 18th, 2008 by carrieannNot only is the system upside-down, but by failing to recognize the significance of informal learning outside of school, it is inside-out as well.
I, like many others, tired myself out working to place the new findings about learning within the pr-John Abbott
Posted February 18th, 2008 by carrieannI, like many others, tired myself out working to place the new findings about learning within the present system. They don’t just not fit; they collide head on.
The Unfinished Revolution: Learning, Human Behavior, Community and Political Paradox
Could the early 21st century represent a historical turning point in educational practice around the world? John Abbott and Terry Ryan discuss the current context for education and how to create learning environments that will help all children take control of their own learning.
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine.
