I already posted some articles on the future of education on this Blog. The multiple challenges that lie ahead of this world will require some new form of thinking and collaborating in order to find and implement solutions, and the next wave of globalization will require a more inclusive way of looking at other cultures. Both these skills are sadly lacking in the Western education curriculum.
So why not include classes on innovation or on building new business models, why wouldn’t we teach young people how to make websites, how to collaborate through the internet, how to use social media to form an neutral, balanced opinion of what’s happening in other parts of the world? Wouldn’t that make sense? And wouldn’t this prepare the youngsters to the ‘real world’ such as it is evolving?
Why does the West seem so afraid to innovate in matters of Education? (I don’t know whether this is different in developing countries, to be fair)
This doesn’t necessarily require a revolution, as this speech of Salman Kahn at a recent TED conference shows. His value proposition is both simple and appealing: instead of having children learn at school and do homework at home, why not flip the two? This would enable kids to learn at their own pace, and do homework more efficiently, while collaborating with teachers and other pupils…
This looks quite appealing to me, this would enhance the kids’ abilities to learn online, and ‘do’ work in a collaborative environment.
Food for thought…
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