Sadly cannot remember in which resource this was written (and may have been written in several), but it does distress me: that what students learn at school will be obsolete by the time they have finished their schooling.
On its own this is extraordinary. Even in context, I wonder. I know students and parents who would ask what is the point of attending school.
I do not feel that what I learned at school is obsolete. The amount of information available now about science, fiction written since my school years, geography, history and even learning another language given that languages are living, has increased, changed, shows development, progression in many areas. But to suggest that what I actually learned is obsolete is extreme. Would it not be better to say that it is part of the "life long learning" experience, that without it I cannot build to go further?
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Hi Fiona,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the note of congrats on my blog!
I agree that the notion of student's learning as "obsolete" is disturbing. It seems to me that the current pedagogy believes that learning strategies should be emphasized. If we focus on teaching strategies for learning, students will adapt to an ever changing world.
Jennifer