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For example:
1. In 1995, the United States was tied for first in college and
university graduation rates...
2. Forty years ago, the United States had one of the best levels of
high school attainment...
Finland and Korea ranked numbers 1 and 2 in PISA mathematics tests, and
numbers 2 and 1 in PISA science tests in 2006, whereas the United States
ranked numbers 25 and 24. The United States ranked number 18 in PISA
reading tests, and number 29 in PISA problem solving tests in 2003.
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According to the United Nations Education Index, which is measured by
the adult literacy rate and the gross enrollment ratio, the United States
ranked number 20 in 2007, with Australia, Denmark, Finland, and New
Zealand jointly ranked number 1.
• Denmark (ranked 1)
• Finland (ranked 4)
• Sweden (ranked 4)
• Australia (ranked 8)
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Is the relationship between education and corruption related to what values
are taught in schools or because money for education is diverted
elsewhere, or both?
Some educators are concerned that the United States' education system:
Source: Sir Ken Robinson – Changing Paradigms and Nigel A.L. Brooks – The Business Leadership
Development Corporation research
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The structure of the economy is changing fast through disintermediation
caused by improving information, telecommunications, and transportation
technologies, which in turn contribute to globalization:
Engineering white collar and shop floor blue collar jobs are
being eliminated because computer aided design and
manufacturing and process control technologies require less
human intervention
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Young people entering the work place today have to be prepared for
lifelong learning because technology will erode both current and future
jobs, especially as robotics technologies become mainstream. They have
to be prepared to be self-sufficient in the future economy because job and
social security as their parents and grandparents knew it are less likely to
exist.
Source: Nigel A.L. Brooks – The Business Leadership Development Corporation research
Online education and learning systems are being introduced into both
public and private schools, primarily delivered through desktop and laptop
computers, both in school and at home. Mobile devices are becoming a
vehicle for accessing online curricula, and already some schools are
permitting their use in the classroom.
Such technology can eliminate the need for textbooks, enable the student
to proceed at their own pace, monitor progress at each step in learning the
curriculum content, and enable the teacher to tutor each student
individually. It can also employ interactive problem solving techniques to
stimulate critical thinking.
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According to a “meta-analysis” released by the U.S. Department of
Education in 2009, online learning has definite advantages over face-to-
face instruction. The study found that students who took part or all of
their instruction online performed better, on average, than those taking the
same course through face-to-face instruction only. Furthermore, those
who took “blended” courses – those that combine elements of both online
learning and face-to-face instruction appeared to do the best of all.
Source: Inside Higher Ed, U.S. Department of Education: Evidence-based practices in online learning
Whereas this technology can deliver educational content for middle and
high school, college, and university curricula, according to one 24 year old
tutor:
“The kids get it. It's the parents and teachers that are
afraid of it!”
Source: Nigel A.L. Brooks – The Business Leadership Development Corporation research
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According to D.N. Perkins, the basic goals of education strive for
retention, understanding, and active use of knowledge and skills, but in
reality are hard to achieve.
Source: John M. Carroll – The Nürnberg Funnel; Seymour Papert – Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and
Powerful Ideas; Jean Piaget – various works
Source: Edith Ackermann – Piaget's Constructivism, Papert's Constructionism: What's The Difference?”
Seymour Papert, Nicholas Negroponte, and Alan Kay launched the One
Laptop Per Child initiative to put constructionist learning into practice in
the developing world.
Source: laptop.org
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The Sugar “desktop environment,” which is delivered with the Fedora
operating system for XO computers used in the One Laptop Per Child
initiative, and available for use on other platforms including Mac OS/X
and Windows, has been designed with the goal of being used by children
for learning. This environment enables applications (known as activities)
to be run that encourage constructionist learning. Sugar encourages
problem-solving, collaborative learning, and critical thinking in children
aged 6 through 12. One of the consequences is that children are learning
to program as early as 8 years old.
Source: sugarlabs.org
Source: Canonical
Source: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807749893
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Key questions:
http://nigelalbrooks.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/school-education-in-the-
global-information-economy/
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INFORMATION SOURCES
http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/Social_Sector/our_practices/Educ
ation/Knowledge_Highlights/Economic_impact.aspx
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/education/ed2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,2987,en_32252351_32235731_1_1_1_1
_1,00.html
http://www.oecd.org/document/22/0,3343,en_41462537_41454856_44979
734_1_1_1_1,00.html
http://www.sirkenrobinson.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LelXa3U_I
Transparency International:
http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cp
i/2010/results
Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/clicktrack/email.php/9496193
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Education Week:
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2010/10/20/01mobile.h04.ht
ml
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/29/online
www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-
practices/finalreport.doc
Education2020:
http://www.education2020.com/
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=4779&ttype=2
http://www.amazon.com/Mindstorms-Children-Computers-Powerful-
Ideas/dp/0465046746
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
http://laptop.org
Sugar Labs:
http://www.sugarlabs.org
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Edubuntu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edubuntu
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807749893
http://hbr.org/2002/08/creativity-is-not-enough/ar/1
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For more information...
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About Nigel A.L Brooks...
www.nigelalbrooks.com
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