Interesting article from the New York times by David Brooks 10/16/15. Basically he talks about High Tech High that uses the old idea of project based learning and 'updates it with tech clothing.'
The documentary "Most Likely to Succeed" has the premise that today all we need are relational skills to be great future workers in the world. We need to be able to "motivate, collaborate, persevere and navigate..."
The problem with a 'tech' school that does not teach basic factual acquisition is at what point can you contribute if you don't really know anything about it.
Brooks states you must 1. know some basic facts 2. be able to see a pattern formation or be able to link facts together to make them more meaningful 3. mental reformation ie the information becomes alive for you to manipulate it.
Basically to be a new worker in the future you needs to know facts and how to work with a group. So knowledge is still power. Today we no longer work in a vacuum we need to have people skills as well.
So do you know what a neutron is? Do you know if the Progressive Era came before or after the Civil War? Do you know what countries the refugees are coming from and going to?
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