The first systemic failure. School (formal education) and it’s current design (the holy teacher, the holy classroom and the holy lesson) is based on a very old (1000 years old?!) idea and reality. The design of the schools are not based on science and proven knowledge, it’s based on tradition (read this excellent article) and…
This is a rather long story, but I will try be brief. 400 words is the goal. I will in this #blogg100-challenge try to give my thoughts on modern, oh sorry, old education, that in fact, we are suffering from at the moment, mainly in the western world and also in most parts of Asia.…
I have written a lot concerning the Swedish school, education debate the last years.. and the lack of learning in society as a whole. And the I have completely neglected this blog. I will try to change this since a new challenge of blog-writing has been started. You are supposed to write 100 blogposts –…
Featuring Keynote speakers: Brian Cox Albert A. Bartlett Iain McGilchrist Derek Sivers Peter Senge Carl Sagan and more… Leadership For what? And what is it? It’s often about an ability to put things in perspective… And where to are the leaders taking us? Is there any global leadership at all? Sadly no. I wish there…
Sustainable development is the hype thing on the agenda – nobody buys the concept of unsustainable development. It seems there is an increased awareness and understanding even for certain common environment issues. We must become more sustainable and think a little differently – but what does this mean I hope you wonder. Let me try…
A common image of the education system is sometimes that teachers, school developers and students are so steered by all requirements and lack of resources and mold on the walls etc that they have stopped caring. The teachers have given up and the students are just checking in physically and barely that. “A teacher’s day…
Hopefully the debate on the education system/school will take off in winter. More than ever reality intrudes. Homework is perhaps the most stupid rest of the old school who should be the easiest thing to get rid of. Support the cause! The own will is deciding The word “Homework” itself does not feel right it’s…
