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No more traditional classrooms in 2020…

By alex miller • May 20th, 2007 • Category: Facilitation, Gen X & Y

A council in the UK is backing flexible delivery, a way to boost future attainment, by converting existing, traditional classrooms into high-tech learning centres. The UK government has pledged £45bn for a ‘Building Schools for the Future’ program. By 2020, they propose to rebuild every school in the country.

“Pupils will be given their assignments in groups of 120 in the morning before dispersing to wi-fi zones to study.”

“…research suggested that children, young people, parents and employers wanted “different types of products” from the education system. Employers across the world wanted people who were adaptive and quick to learn…”

“What we are trying to do is to make sure that the physical and learning structures are adaptive and relevant in 25 years’ time.”

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  1. Fantastic Alex - you are always finding these “cool” new tools on the web!

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