Education Revolution
"What I find shocking is that schools aren't preparing our kids for life in the 21st Century. Surrounded by innovation, our education system is stuck in the 19th Century. The skills and capabilities our kids need going forward are either ignored or outright trampled."
Ted Dintersmith, Co-Author of Most Likely to Succeed
“More and more, Tucker and his connected friends are crafting a new narrative around learning. (Millions of connected adults are its co-authors.) It’s a story that challenges the fundamental premise of this thing we call “school.” In this new story, real learning happens anytime, anywhere, with anyone we like — not just with a teacher and some same-age peers, in a classroom, from September to June. More important, it happens around the things we learners choose to learn, not what someone else tells us to learn.
This new story requires us to ask the difficult yet crucial question: why school? I’m not suggesting we consider scrapping school altogether. I’m suggesting that this moment requires us to think deeply about why we need school. Or to ask, more specifically, what’s the value of school now that opportunities for learning without it are exploding all around us? There is an important, compelling answer to that question. It is most definitely not the same one we’ve been giving for the last 150 years.” Excerpt From: Will Richardson. “Why School?.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/KQdzH.l |
"It is interesting to note that human beings generally consider knowledge to be irrelevant unless it “does something” for them. Much of what’s wrong with formal education lies in the fact that students don’t perceive how the knowledge they are getting will, in any way, change their state."
Mitra, Sugata (2012-01-24). Beyond the Hole in the Wall: Discover the Power of Self-Organized Learning (Kindle Single) (TED Books) (Kindle Locations 548-550). TED Books. Kindle Edition. "The new culture of learning actually comprises two elements. The first is a massive information network that provides almost unlimited access and resources to learn about anything. The second is a bounded and structured environment that allows for unlimited agency to build and experiment with things within those boundaries."
Thomas, Douglas; Seely Brown, John (2011-03-12). A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change (Kindle Locations 78-80). CreateSpace. Kindle Edition. |
Sugata Mitra - The Future of Learning (excerpt)
Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud (TEDTalks 2013)
Sugata Mitra: The Future of Learning (CUE 2015) Tony Wagner - Creating Innovators
Alan November - Leaving a Legacy
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Will Richardson - Education Leadership
Shawn Cornally - The Future of Education Without Coercion
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