This short monograph was written by Neil Richards, a Trustee of the 21st Century Learning Initiative in response to the publication of Tony Little’s book, An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Education.
Battling for the Soul of Education
Moving beyond school reform to educational transformation:
The findings and recommendations of 3 decades of synthesis
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In this week’s podcast, the 21st Century Learning Initiative’s Janet Lawley concludes her look at the curriculum.
Janet says that understanding brings us to learning, which brings us to what education is all about. Schools major on knowledge and skills but they do not always lead to understanding.
Learning is what education is – or should be – all about. Learning is about looking at where what children are discovering sits with everything else they know.
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