[SENco-forum] 21st century skills

Should schools also be teaching fire making and rabbit skinning then? ;-)

I¹m a big fan of dystopian future sci-fi.  Can¹t say I ever saw Mad Max
using his times tables.

Jamie

From: Maggie Downie <maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:24:32 +0100 (BST)
To: Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk>, Peter Syme <APAHSyme at compuserve.com>
Cc: Peter Syme <106070.776 at compuserve.com>,
<senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>, Martin Miles <Mmilesep at aol.com>, Tim Rupp
<tgrupp at ntlworld.com>, Maggie Downie <maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [SENco-forum] 21st century skills

Who is to say that the 21st century will continue to be an era of
technological wizardry which will obviate the need for 'traditional' skills,
such as handwriting?

  Are we aiming to produce a generation who are completely helpless in a
power cut (or worse)?

Maggie

Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> > 
>> > As I keep pointing out, this is the 21st Century - should we be teaching
>> > children the skills they need to be medieval farmers or biblical boat
>> > builders?
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Jamie
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