The notion that schools are backwards thinking, boring places may not be new(Wallis , C & Steptoe, S., 2006), but Wallis and Steptoe (2006) has come up with some potential solutions to fix this age old problem. The answer was to teach students skills, values and attitudes, to give them the ability to collect and analyse facts but not the get them to memorise facts which will soon be forgotten. To bring schools up to date they must reflect the globalisation and technology that are so much a part of today’s ever-changing culture. Schools today have the opportunities to connect with students around the world, students have opportunities to use technology to open up new possibilities and more exciting, individual ways of learning. However, schools too often follow tradition.

It is like saying ‘If it’s not broken why fix it?’ well our education system is not broken, but instead of aiming for students to merely grasp basics we could set ourselves a higher bar and start pushing the boundaries of what is possible in education.

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How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century

WALLIS, C. & STEPTOE, S. (2006). How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century. Time. Dec. 10, 2006 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480,00.html