“ Let’s be clear — we are failing too many of our children. We’re sending
them into a 21st century economy by sending them through the doors of
20th century schools.”
— Barack Obama in a speech at the Center for American Progress
Lots of people are saying the same thing: teaching and learning have to be different
in today’s world. Education leaders, business leaders, academics and the authors
below sound a similar note:
“ How has the world of the child changed in the last 150 years? It’s hard
to imagine any way in which it hasn’t changed. They’re immersed in all
kinds of stuff that was unheard of 150 years ago. And yet, if you look at
schools today...they are more similar than dissimilar.”
— Peter Senge Director, Center for Organizational Learning, MIT
“ N ations around the world are reforming their school systems...to support
the more complex knowledge and skills needed in the 21st century, skills
needed for framing problems, seeking and organizing information and
resources, and working strategically with others to manage and address
dilemmas and create new products.”
— Linda Darling-Hammond, Powerful Learning
“ One key competency that employers across-the-board value in employees
is the ability to think creatively and logically in order to solve problems.
Such employees are most likely to be promoted in an unforgiving global
economy that requires flexibility and an ability to think, speak, and write
logically, to solve problems, and to synthesize information.”
— The American Diplomacy Project
“ Current formal education still prepares students primarily for the world
of the past, rather than for possible worlds of the future.”
— Howard Gardner, Five Minds for the Future |
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