4 aug. 2010

Should we worry?




"Many students are unable to give evidence of more than a superficial understanding of the concepts and relationships that are fundamental to the subjects they have studied, or of an ability to apply the content knowledge they have acquired to real-world problems…it is possible to finish 12 or 13 years of public education in the United States without developing much competence as a thinker.

In the information age, children have no trouble finding information, but they have trouble interpreting it. The fact that we tend to believe first and ask questions later is truly dangerous in the era of the Internet." Gary Marcus - Kluge


2 comentarii:

  1. primele doua imagini sunt funny, dar din pacate, si triste in acelas timp :|

    "In the information age, children have no trouble finding information, but they have trouble interpreting it." --> de aceea nu e bine a cere referate elevilor (in special la materiile importante).

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