Vague memories of the good old days is no basis for a system of education!

Vague memories of the good old days is no basis for a system of education!


Advent of Google means we must rethink our approach to education
We have a romantic attachment to skills from the past which are no longer relevant on a curriculum for today's children

Sugata Mitra, in
The Observer, Saturday 15 June 2013 21.00 BST



"The brain remembers good things from the past and creates a pleasant memory of the "good old days". It forgets the rest. It is dangerous to build a present using vague memories of the good old days."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jun/15/schools-teaching-curriculum-education-google