Learning In Disguise; A Critical Role In Education

<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.3 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><br /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --></style> <p>Education hasn’t changed that much apparently. The techniques have been updated, the content has evolved but the root question is whether children are actually learning at a faster rate. I recently came across the following quotations which support learning fun as a fundamental we may have overlooked.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><strong>Winston Churchill.</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">“I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like being taught”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><strong>Derek Bok</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">“ If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><strong>Bernard Shaw</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">“When a thing is funny, search carefully for a hidden truth.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Alistair Owens</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">http://www.keen2learn.co.uk/news.php</p> <div class="sociable"> <div class="sociable_tagline"> <strong>Bookmark with:</strong> </div> <ul> <li class="sociablefirst"><a rel="nofollow" class="thickbox" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keen2learn.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fnews%2Flearning-in-disguise-a-critical-role-in-education%2F&title=Learning%20In%20Disguise%3B%20A%20Critical%20Role%20In%20Education&bodytext=%20%09%20%09%20%09%20%09Education%20hasn%27t%20changed%20that%20much%20apparently.%20The%20techniques%20have%20been%20updated%2C%20the%20content%20has%20evolved%20but%20the%20root%20question%20is%20whether%20children%20are%20actually%20learning%20at%20a%20faster%20rate.%20I%20recently%20came%20across%20the%20following%20quotations%20which%20s?TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=900"><img src="http://www.keen2learn.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/services-sprite.gif" title="Digg" alt="Digg" style="width: 16px; 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