Educating Ruby: what our children really need to learn

Time 2020-07-19 09:04:43

Web Name: Educating Ruby: what our children really need to learn

WebSite: http://educatingruby.org

ID:28686

Keywords:

what,our,Educating,

Description:

Schools are not fit for their 21C purpose and they have to change.It’s no good leaving this change to politicians, it needs to be owned by parents. We need to hear the voice of the Mods, not just the falseopposite land inhabited by Trads and Roms. There is no such thing as a static curriculum or eternal verities.Each new generation needs to appraise what matters most and adapt,not suffer as the creators of the Sabre-toothed curriculum did. There is global agreement that the 7Cs – confidence, curiosity, collaboration,communication, creativity, commitment and craftsmanship – matter. The 7Cs are not an alternative to knowledge but an essential andintegral part of learning anything; you can get results the right way,i.e. at the same time as cultivating the 7Cs. There are three kinds of things that are worth learning today –utilities (tying your laces and telling the time), treasures (your cultural heritage)and exercise-machines (activities which stretch children’s ‘learning muscles’). Challenging, well-organised project and enquiry work isnot progressive and lazy. It is essential and rigorous. A growing number of respected organisations also agree –OECD, CBI ASCL, SSAT, RSA etc. The same is true of individuals. The heads of two of our best-knownpublic schools and many heads of many other schools across the worldsupport our ‘expansive education’ movement. There are many things that parents can do at home to develop the7Cs and create kitchen and garden based ‘exercise machines’ for their children’s minds. Educating Ruby is a call to arms. We can celebrate the work of those schools which get results the right way and campaign using social mediaand local action to change the status quo. Confidence, curiosity, collaboration, communication, creativity, commitment and craftsmanship Educating Ruby: what our children really need to learn is a powerful call to action for everyone who cares about education in an uncertain world. It shows, unequivocally, that schools can get the right results in the right way so that the Rubys of tomorrow will emerge from their time at school able to talk with honest pleasure and reflective optimism about their schooling. Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas aim to build a groundswell of common educational sense: a community of individuals. Through this site they want to recruit a network of influential individuals and a coalition of warmly disposed organisations to create a head of steam for the right kind of change…

TAGS:what our Educating 

<<< Thank you for your visit >>>

Educating Ruby is a powerful call to action for everyone who cares about education in an uncertain world.

Hot Websites