March 17, 2005

Designing Schools for the Present Age

Designing Schools for the Present Age: "Based on our experience as physicians specializing in helping children with learning problems, we would like to offer several observations on what children in the present age "need to know", and what current brain science suggests about the best ways to help them acquire this knowledge."
Comment: This short article makes two very valid points: students need a different level of preparation than what was required in the past...and each student needs to be instructed in the manner in which they learn best. As mcLuhan said: "we confront this new situation with an enormous backlog of outdated mental and psychological responses."

Posted by gsiemens at March 17, 2005 3:47 PM