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Discussion: Contextualising the need for change
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 DonnaTrebell |
Contextualising the need for change
May 25 2008, 12:40 PM EDT Shift happens available on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeoKQbT8BKs is a very powerful way to contexualise the changes that need to happen in education in order to enable pupils to develop the skills they will need for a very challenging future. My colleagues and I have used this to launch the new curriculum and it has had a powerful impact on teachers mindsets. What do you think? 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
 cedgell |
RE: Contextualising the need for change
Jun 4 2008, 6:59 AM EDT I think this is a really powerful video. it leaves you feeling that there is a huge gap between what young people need from schools and what they actually get. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
 aoldknow |
RE: Contextualising the need for change
Jun 8 2008, 4:12 AM EDT The video was used by a Samsung director at last year's Handheld Learning conference - and brought home to me that control of what becomes available as personal and educational technology is rapidly passing from the West to the developing world (China and India) - and they want the best in technology at the lowest prices - which must be good for UK education! The Asus minibook is just the first glimpse of what is to come. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
 dch1257 |
RE: Contextualising the need for change
Jun 8 2008, 3:00 PM EDT A thought provoking video. The last few hundred years have really been a bit of an anomally. Chinese and Indian civilizations have vibrant and advanced societies for the past several thousand years. The western hegemony has only been a short, recent interruption to this - one than looks set to fade as the west once again sinks into barbarian obscurity. For myself the signs of this shift are things like; the rise of intelligent design and creationism, the decreasing percentage of science and engineering students, the decrease of primary industrial sectors like farming, fisheries and mining and increasing population surveillance. 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
