Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A new paradigm for education

It is way past time to change our thinking about education. This is really worth the 10 minutes it'll take to watch:

3 comments:

  1. My kids and I watched it together! So interesting.

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  2. Fantastic! The animation itself, and the distillation of the ideas. I constantly struggle with what's best for my kids, how far should we go to achieve that, and is that actually important. Right now we're thinking that life experiences trump educational so-called excellence.

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  3. Anonymous11:46 AM

    As an educator I found this to be well presented. He illustrates his point through his own use of "mind-mapping" the principles. I hope these ideas will continue to grow and be understood by parents, educators, and those making policies. Thanks for sharing this! My Best, joni

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