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The Huffington Post is publishing a HundrED blog series that introduces the visions of education specialists from the HundrED interviews. The first three are now live on the Huffington Post, with more to come in the Autumn.
Lord Jim Knight, featured in the first blog of the series, argues that we focus too much on the assessment of content recall rather than the importance of building a love of learning. To be able to live fulfilling lives and to be successful in the ever-changing labor market requires a set of rounded skills, such as resilience, he says.
In the ever chaninging environments we all live in, it will become more common for people to engage in lifelong learning and return to school to re-educate themselves on a need by need basis. With computers at hand, recalling content will not be as important as the ability to create things.
The second blog was taken from the visions of Sir Ken Robinson. Robinson defines intelligence as more than just academic ability: 'It’s usual to think of education in terms of what people need to know, understand and be able to do.' Bringing the inner world of students to schools and focusing on their strengths, abilities, possibilities and other personal aspects is a way of re-engaging students to become curious to learn. The ability to communicate and create things in the practical world as well as conceptually are essential skills in the world of today.
Orlando Bloom’s views on education are introduced in the third blog. Bloom reminds us of the importance of educating children on current affairs happening around the world to broaden their understanding. The blog also states that every child has an area of excellence and should be encouraged to build on their strengths. Also, learning through play is exciting and learning should be made fun for it to happen naturally in stimulating environments.
We look forward to sharing the upcoming blogs with you this Fall!