Curriculum 21 Chapter6/7

Hi all...Although these chapters were interesting they were not as exciting to me as others. One thing that is drilled into my head from chapter 6 is the importance of culture and language and the importance of all students having a diverse knowledge of them.

It scares me to think of the pressure that must be on young people these days. Although the schools they attend will guide them, as the readings have pointed out, they are still behind in many ways.
One quote seemed to grab me in these readings: "Gone is the day when education was synonymous with a building housing a teacher and a blackboard." It scares and excites me. This quote made me realize how small my view of what education can be is. I envisioned schools going back to smaller sizes but had not thought of the technology opening up the world to the students.
Another thing that caught my attention is something that I have grappled with myself, and still do. "How do educators move students from this low-level mind-set of just making good grades-or, worse yet, from not even valuing their academic 'graded' experiences at all-to personally experiencing the excitement that is the very essence of learning?"

Curriculum 21-Chapter 6 and 7

The child-driven education by Sugata Mitra

I hope this link works! What an amazing talk about children and learning!

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html