Why do I need a teacher when I've got Google? is just one of the
challenging, controversial and thought-provoking questions Ian Gilbert
poses in this urgent and invigorating book.
Questioning the unquestionable, this fully updated new edition will make
you re-consider everything you thought you knew about teaching and
learning, such as:
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Are you simply preparing the next generation of unemployed
accountants?
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What do you do for the 'sweetcorn kids' who come out of the education
system in pretty much the same state as when they went in?
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What's the real point of school?
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Exams - So whose bright idea was that?
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Why 'EQ' is fast becoming the new 'IQ'.
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What will your school policy be on brain-enhancing technologies?
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Which is the odd one out between a hamster and a caravan?
With his customary combination of hard-hitting truths, practical
classroom ideas and irreverent sense of humour, Ian Gilbert takes the
reader on a breathless rollercoaster ride through burning issues of the
twenty-first century, considering everything from the threats facing the
world and the challenge of the BRIC economies to the link between
eugenics and the 11+.
As wide-ranging and exhaustively-researched as it is entertaining and
accessible, this book is designed to challenge teachers and inform
them - as well as encourage them - as they strive to design a
twenty-first century learning experience that really does bring the best
out of all young people. After all, the future of the world may just
depend on it
