Karl Jaeger
The Learner First
21 Oct 2009
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
- George Santayana
Does the school system do its best to expand and excite young minds?
Education is one of the greatest gifts we have – but is it as good as it could be? Did you, or do you like school? Has anybody ever asked you what you think of it or how you would like it to be?
Things move quickly and our access to knowledge is far wider and deeper than ever before, which means we no longer need to rely on one teacher and a set of text books. IT has changed the way children are taught, and added a whole new subject to the curriculum, but are schools exploiting its vast potential as a tool for learning and making education meaningful and engaging?
Our present school system serves some students fairly well, but it fails to serve many students' learning capacity and ability. Far too many young people are failed by the school system. Far too many people turn to various forms of escapism or become institutionalised as a result. Our Future Planet can and should create a wiser and more energised society.
Did You Know?
Global education spending is concentrated in a handful of countries: Sub - Saharan Africa spends 2.4% of global education resources, despite having 15% of the world's school age population, whereas the US spends 28% of the budget on 4% of the world's children and young people - UNESCO
Imagine a school without classrooms or 45 minute long classes. Imagine a school instead which educates each student as an individual just as the doctor treats each patient as an individual. “Impossible!” one might say. “That’s like individual private tutoring! Only the wealthy can afford such a privilege.” And, indeed, this may have been true until Information Technology and a different, student-centred, school system is allowed to fully come into its own.
We are talking about an educational revolution, but one which is overdue.
I have an educational solution: see details of a student-centred educational system in the attached pdf.
Attachment: 20091021135705.pdf
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