[SENco-forum] 21st century skills

technological wizardry which will obviate the need for 'traditional'

Not to mention when the energy starts to run out!

I suppose you could also say that it all depends on how you view
education: simply to provide vocational training, or to educate the whole
person for the whole of their life.  Do we just want to have the skills
for the job we do, or do we want to be able to enjoy all the other things
that make up human experience?

Regards

Jean

S Wales

 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?
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>   Are we aiming to produce a generation who are completely helpless in a
> power cut (or worse)?
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> Maggie
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> Jamie Munro <jmunro at djsn.co.uk> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> Jamie
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