Curriculum 21: Essential Education For A Changing World (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
While this book serves as an introduction to rethinking the way the world educates its future generations, it lacked substance. The editor seemed to randomly choose authors and loosely connected ideas to explain her statement. The various contributing authors added their two cents, tooted their own horn, or promoted their books or business in the numerous chapters. The utopian and abstract concepts and ideas presented in the book were not thoroughly explained. The book was filled with theories and "big idea" case studies with little how-to or methodology for implementation in our world. The book read like an educational theory text I had to read in college that bore no importance once in the classroom. While the book did inspire thinking, It could have done so much more. Reading this for a leadership retreat.. interesting.. among other ideas.. that Favorite quote so far.. "In our 21st century, there is still a prevailing attitude that to be intellectual is to be effete." Big ideas.. form follows function, we have been living in a world of answers, now we live in a world of questions. It's not about the curriculum, it's about how to think, question, wonder, create, problem solve etc. And about keeping students engaged.... need to live in their world.. technology..
What do You think about Curriculum 21: Essential Education For A Changing World (2010)?
A decent read but a lot of what has already been said around Curriculum 21 stuff...
—azraaa
