Do you think that the time has gone when students need to learn much more than basic skills and how to use the internet? Do we need to support and challenge intellectual thinking anymore?
In the past education was felt to be important for its own sake. Students studied classical art, 'great' literature, astronomy, religion, sciences etc etc. Over time it seems that what we expect young people to know about and understand via school/ college/uni is different. Does that matter at all? The world is a different place now so maybe as long as the future generations have the skills to access information they don't need to to know about literature, art, history etc? After all we need people to be fit for the work place not to talk about Jane Austen, Chaucer or know what king ruled at what time!
Accepting that we want all kids to be able to read and write and be numerate what else would you put in a curriculum?
Is it me or am I getting mixed messages
How do you acknowledge Easter.