LEARNING SHOULD BE MESSY.Ĭan creativity be taught? Absolutely. Yet, it’s exactly during these uncertain times when people must be willing to try new things, to be more open, curious and experimental, said educator Madeline Levine. And yet many people fear change, preferring to hunker down and take the conservative route. The conversation in education has shifted towards outcomes and training kids for jobs of the future, and in many ways the traditional classroom has become obsolete. Looking around most school facilities - even those that aren't old and crumbling – it’s obvious that so much of it is obsolete today, and yet still in wide use. So much about how and where kids learn has changed over the years, but the physical structure of schools has not. 10 THINGS IN SCHOOL THAT SHOULD BE OBSOLETE. Programming also teaches other important skills, including math and logic. Programming knowledge, even at a very basic level, makes technology seem less magical and more manageable. Giving students an introduction to programming helps peel back the layers of what happens inside computers and how computers communicate with one another online. EASY WAYS TO INTRODUCE PROGRAMMING TO KIDS.īeing able to use the Internet and operate computers is one thing, but it may be just as valuable to teach students how to code. These are the aspirations that have resonated most with MindShift readers this year. Giving kids the tools to create, teachers the freedom to innovate, making students' work relevant in the real world, giving them access to valuable technology. It may come as no surprise that the ideas that are top-of-mind for educators, parents, and policymakers are the very topics conveyed in the most popular MindShift posts this year.
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