Jonathan,

In secondary schools the new PLTS framework *should* take in critical thinking and reflective skills.

Regards,
Pete Smith
Sheffield Hallam University

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I certainly agree with Peter about not making assumptions about children's (or indeed adults') IT skills and would challenge the
Prensky/Tapscott positions re. Digital Natives/immigrants as being too simplistic; I would have been more excited, however, with a
Government announcement that, for example, greater emphasis was going to be placed on critical thinking / reflective skills in
schools.

Jonathan Smart,
Academic Support Co-ordinator (Skills),
Room 201, Library,
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Actually I think Alice went a bit over the top : the online replies are good!The article is at

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5976928.ece

Surely the important thing is to help children become more information literate right from an early age and getting this into
primary and secondary schools.
I dont believe children are all naturally techie. If their parents or the schools can provide the means (mobile gizmos, PCs
etc.)then they are likely to pick it up, but there will be a  lot they don't realise they don't know - particularly about finding
and using quality information.
Let's wait for the final recommendations and hope they can help information literacy to get into schools earlier

Peter Godwin





>>> Jonathan Smart <[log in to unmask]> 03/27/09 9:18 AM >>>
I think Alice Thomson (Thurs March 26th p. 28) in her column in the Times yesterday got it spot-on.

Jonathan Smart,
Academic Support Co-ordinator (Skills),
Room 201, Library,
University of Plymouth,
Drake Circus,
Plymouth  PL4 8AA
Tel. 01752 587119
Fax: 01752 587101

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Not exactly breaking news - literally yesterday's news.

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Future Of (UK) Education?

Colleagues/



Late-Breaking-Revolutionary News ... !!!



/Gerry



The Guardian: Blogging / Podcasting / Twitter / Wikipedia - The Future
Of (UK) Education?



Children will no longer have to study the Victorians or the second world
war under proposals to overhaul the primary school curriculum, the
Guardian has learned.



However, the draft plans will require children to master Twitter and
Wikipedia and give teachers far more freedom to decide what youngsters
should be concentrating on in classes.



The proposed curriculum, which would mark the biggest change to primary
schooling in a decade, strips away hundreds of specifications about the
scientific, geographical and historical knowledge pupils must accumulate
before they are 11 to allow schools greater flexibility in what they
teach.



[snip]



The papers seen by the Guardian are draft plans for the detailed content
of each of six core "learning areas" that Rose is proposing should
replace the current 13 standalone subject areas.



The proposals would require:



* Children to leave primary school familiar with blogging, podcasts,
Wikipedia and Twitter as sources of information and forms of
communication. [snip]



[snip]



The six core areas are: understanding English, communication and
languages, mathematical understanding, scientific and technological
understanding, human, social and environmental understanding,
understanding physical health and wellbeing, and understanding arts and
design.



[More]



Links To Full Article and Companion Audio Interview Available At



[ http://tinyurl.com/cu49jc  ]



What Will They Do Next? Sanction Membership In Social Networks [:-)



Enjoy!



/Gerry



Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011



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