Educational Theory

Resources for featuring interesting ideas and trends in education and learning.

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Learning is about more than content or pedagogy or technology. It involves the uniting of these forces to create a learning experience where content knowledge is presented through technology using a pedagogy that best fits the subject matter.

More on the importance of the blend between the three areas - Dr. Z

Essential Question - What is the Purpose of School?

Sir Ken Robinson on the Purpose of School from Carl Anderson on Vimeo.

A few of the key points from the audio broadcast above:

• Unprecedented changes are sweeping the world.
• The work that we do has shifted.
• New technology creates new challenges and new opportunities.
• Creativity has to be seen as the new literacy.
• Education systems inhibit creativity.
• Standardization is being driven by economic concerns, which is ironic, considering the drive for innovation in business.
• We can’t predict the future, but we can anticipate it.

How to Learn from Mistakes