"I love studying but hate going to school. It shouldn't be possible but unfortunately it is" - tweeted by an 18 year old girl. School hasn't been able to kill her drive to learn but is obvioulsly not seen as a positive learning environment.
The digital revolution that is taking place in society and slowly also in education as a result of social media and instantaneous communcation has changed what students expect and accept from their teachers and from school.
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| Photo: Henrika Florén/ sir Ken Robinson |
Sir Ken Robinson claims schools kill creativity. In my world learning is a creative and enjoyable process, not saying that learning does not require work. A system that kills or hinders creativiy in learning is a very bad system. But possibly our greatest hope for change are students and children growing up now. They have access to many channels for learning through the web. Schools will have to follow, but the question is how long will it take for the official education systems to follow the students to where learning is taking place; and how large will the gap become between what is learned outside school and in school, before we see any real change?
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