Beyond the Gloss of Educational Change | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Yes. You have been there. The children are scrubbed clean, their uniform shirt has been ironed and their broken, shoddy footwear is kept well out of site. Yes. You have been there. The new building...

 

In order for real change to occur, one needs to work constantly beyond the gloss, beyond the rhetoric, beyond the shining exterior. Agendas of change need to begin within the participants for there to be any positive effect.


===> If teachers themselves do not feel the need for change, no amount of imposed professional training will alter their perceptions. <===


If students are not shown how digital learning does enable them to become better learners, better students, no amount of digital investment will change their perceptions.



Via Ana Cristina Pratas