Education Next – Clare Sealy
“When we look back on our own school days, our strongest memories are probably a mix of big occasions—field trips, plays, and sports days alongside more personal events tinged with strong emotion. Things that happened that were really funny or sad, or that made us feel excited, interested, exhilarated, or angry. We don’t tend to remember vividly, if at all, actually learning the substance of math or English or design technology. We might remember amusing anecdotes from lessons gone awry, or still bristle at past injustices — “but I wasn’t talking” — or have a vague impression of sitting in the science lab, with fleeting snippets of memories of this or that experiment.” (more)