This blog post comments on a quote from John Dewey and what he might think about ed tech today.
“We may reject knowledge of the past as the end of education and thereby only emphasise its importance as a means. When we do that we have a serious problem that is the new story of education: How shall the young become acquainted with the past in such a way that the acquaintance is a potent agent in appreciation of the living present?”
PSA sees the challenge in creating meaningful learning experiences that let students ‘become acquainted’ with new information in a way that helps them to better appreciate their present and future.
The blog post is on a website called Memrise, a community course building site for languages.