Children of the new universe need a real education revolution
by Patricia Edgar (for TheAge.com.au) is co-author with Don Edgar of The New Child: In Search of Smarter Grown-ups to be published next month.
A dedicated minister should be coordinating government policy.
ALMOST every day the media report disastrous stories about kids who are out of control, too fat, too sexy, disrespectful, too full of themselves for their own good, with parents and teachers concerned about their children’s future.
Who is this new child? And how do we raise children to be intelligent, optimistic and confident of their own abilities, without turning them into self-centred, arrogant little individuals who are not concerned with the wider common good.
Children are now a minority group.
In the world of education we still talk about ‘children’ but teachers and many parents are falling way behind in mastering the educational changes in teaching and learning that new media herald. Instead the mass media are permitted to operate counter to the best interests of children, in effect undermining values, healthy lifestyles and the authority of parents.
In short the new child deserves smarter adults at every level, who are thinking more carefully about how current policies and programs could be improved and better linked.
well Patricia, I agree and I hear you!
not only are your comments resonating with my personal views, you are also making similar observations and asking similar questions to Thomas Friedman in “The World is Flat”
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I’ll be interested in reading your book at some stage soon
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