What's Worth Teaching?: Rethinking Curriculum in the Age of Technology (Technology Education--Connections (The TEC Series))

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This important contribution to the future of education by bestselling author and renowned cognitive scientist Allan Collins proposes a school curriculum that will fit the needs of our modern era. Offering guidelines for deciding what is important to learn in order to become a knowledgeable person a good citizen a thoughtful worker and a valuable friend in the 21st century Collins considers the qualities needed for a healthy and productive life. Taking a close look at how advances in technology communication and the dissemination of information are reshaping the world this volume examines how schools can foster flexible self-directed learners who will succeed in the modern workplace. A concluding chapter presents a broad new vision for how schools can be redesigned to teach the kinds of knowledge and skills students will need in an increasingly complex society and global world. Book Features: Identifies global trends and their implications for what we should be teaching our children. Explains how schools are teaching an outdated curriculum. Proposes a radical revision of the math and science curriculum. Describes how literacy is changing in the digital age.