Ritaglio alcune frasi che possono tornarmi utilli
Students can become more active and independent learners, with the teacher serving as consultant, not chief executive. Instead of dividing up the curriculum into separate disciplines (math, science, social studies, language), we should focus on themes and projects that cut across the disciplines, taking advantage of the rich connections among different domains of knowledge.
Instead of dividing students according to age, we should encourage students of all ages to work together on projects, enabling them to learn from one another (and to learn by teaching one another). Instead of dividing the school day into hour-long slices, we should let students work on projects for extended periods of time, enabling them to follow through more deeply and meaningfully on the ideas that arise in the course of their work.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we need to transform curricula so that they focus less on “things to know” and more on “strategies for learning the things you don’t know.”
As new technologies continue to quicken the pace of change in all parts of our lives, learning to
become a better learner is far more important than learning to multiply fractions or memorizing the capitals of the world.
In the 1980s, there was much talk about the transition from the “Industrial Society” to the “Information Society.” In the 1990s, people began to talk about the “Knowledge Society.” the key was how people transformed information into knowledge and managed that knowledge.
But I prefer a different conception: the “Creative Society.” As I see it, success in the future will be based not on how much we know, but on our ability to think and act creatively.
The importance of a well-educated, creative citizenry is greater than ever before.
We must make sure that children’s creativity is nourished and developed, and we must help children learn how to extend and refine their creative abilities, so that the creativity of childhood persists and grows throughout life.
The ultimate goal is a society of creative individuals who are constantly inventing new possibilities for themselves and their communities.
