Question of the Day

Do you think that lessons should have a greater emphasis on broad skills? Does learning dates, facts and figures by rote kill children's creativity? What would be the effect of reverting back to teaching methods from the past? How do you teach basic skills and also teach the skill that employers and colleges want? No, lessons shouldn't have a greater emphasis on broad skills because children can now use their smartphones for information. Yes, it would kill children's creativity because it's just knowledge that we can learn from Google. If the children just learn the dates and figures then then they won't be using their creativity at all. It's information that anyone can get just from a click of a button. If we were to revert back to teaching methods from the past then there won't be any reason that new devices are being made. Reverting to the past will feel weird and many new information that we now know won't be available for us to grasp. If we were to revert back then what's the whole point of the new technologies. Many new things are being learned from new technologies so why revert back to the past. If you want to teach basic skills and the skills that employers and colleges want all you have to do is to help the young people with interpersonal skills, inquiry skills, the ability to innovate. We need these skills we will both know the basics and what many employers and colleges want. Employers and colleges don't want student or people that doesn't know about today's technology. If you are still stuck in the past then there's no need for them to want you.