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Ben at Instigator Blog has a very interesting post entitled 10 Things They Need To Teach in Highschool.
I’m in agreement with most of the list, here’s what I would add.
Goal Setting – How to set goals and achieve them. Discuss ambition and motivation.
Research Skills – When you know how and where to find information and resources you have the power to teach yourself anything.
Self Development – How to continue to grow once school is behind you.
Life Skills – I’d have many topics under this heading including how to buy …
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Do schools kill creativity?
Following on from my own post Term-Time Holidaying & The Education System please check out the above talk by Sir Ken Robinson. (Thanks T-Bird)
Don’t forget to come back and share your views.
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I think the title is a little harsh, perhaps after speaking to a ‘real’ teacher I can see how difficult the job is, however, I strongly believe that that the points Sir Ken makes are valid. We do have a subject hierarchy that is difficult to justify at a time when the …
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I have long wondered, should I have been started much earlier in my language training would I now be bi-lingual, or even fluent in more than two languages?
It’s a long argued point that kids in Britain do not start language training early enough, and, not enough emphasis is put on it during the primary school years.
My first taste of a foreign language came very late in my primary school education, I think I was about ten. With these thoughts playing on my mind and recognising the importance of learning …
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It costs practically a year’s salary (to some) to send one child to school, that’s state school by the way.
