Education Today and Tomorrow

This video was created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia. Tom used the work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who created a PPT using various quotes and statistics from "flat world" thinking. Used with permission

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[Anestheticum]

"It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts...it is to teach them to think."

[exangerator]

This message should not only be seen as a positive one. It points out the fact that the world has changed in terms of quantity. Not to mention that the video juxtaposes Shakespeare and Eminem. We don't really need more songs, we don't really need new skills. We just have the right to acquire them, but finding the right way to live comes before them.

[Ειρήνη Νάννου]

as long as specialization in every sector is being promoted, the INGENIOUS human being, Homer spoke about in his masterpieces that used reason as the substrate for every science and art, will be sabotaged and generations of unthinking robots will succeed each other. For one may know more to a person non expertised, but the reasonably thinking latter is certainly much more able to approach solutions

[nattodatto]

Are you sure you're being fair? What does this look like to your students? If the lower-SES students see you treating higher-SES students less harshly, isn't this a demonstration of your bias? What you're effectively doing is re-enforcing negative social stereotypes of low-SES students. Have you thought about why they don't care less? Do they know that you know and care about their home life? Is their behaviour due to diet? Do they have access to learning resources? What have you missed?

[Gold Bullion]

Thanks

[redofspades]

China has more honor students but the quality of life there is the same as it was 700 years ago,mediocre.

[Rasheed Huggins]

This is an awesome video. I know a place where someone can choose an Online Degree. There number is 877-636-0328

[ucedaenglish]

Not quite sure how to properly explain this one...

[James Carey]

The U.S. fails miserably in education (Ranking about 30th-38th globally). Some states, its OK to teach creationism. How is this allowed in schools, only churches should be abusing young minds. The U.S. leads the world in 3 areas. #1- Number of people that believe angels are real. #2- Number of JAILED citizens at 730per100,000. Even Mexico is 64th with 201/100,000, Pakistan is 205th with 40/100,000, and Canada is130th with 117/100,000, and #3-Military Spending. So now when you say we're #1 WTF

[UMLily433]

just made my day .

[Manuel Ignacio Balaguera Jiménez]

What does mean "to think"...?