In her book Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn (Viking), Duke University professor Cathy Davidson argues that our education system must be overhauled. Duke posits that every school should make the following five changes:
- End standardized end-of-grade tests
- Make all learning real, relevant, tied to communities
- Teach kids to think
- Restore arts, music, shop, P.E., dance
- Eliminate the “college prep” and AP distinctions
While these recommendations are intended for K-12 we can also learn from these insights in higher. The notion of making work meaningful and teaching learners to think is so commonsensical–so why aren’t we all doing this?
My name is Jacob Bos, I am currently in my final year of study at Concordia. I am a very active member of the campus. I have worked with all the faculties extensively and I have also created a large body of media that the school uses for their web and print applications. I’ve heard a lot of very cool things about a new VP and I would like to meet him, because looking at this site, I can see a very promising outcome for the future of my education.