Why School?: How Education Must Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere

by Will Richardson

“we have to stop thinking of an education as something that is delivered to us and instead see it as something we create for ourselves.”

Instead, it’s about asking questions, working with others to find the answers, doing real work for real audiences, and adding to, not simply taking from, the storehouse of knowledge that the Web is becoming.

The emphasis shifts from content mastery to learning mastery. That means students have more ownership over their own learning, using their access to knowledge and teachers to create their own unique paths to the outcomes we, and they, deem important.