Non è molto lungo e vale la pena leggerlo tutto, perchè racchiude alcune perle di saggezza circa l'attenzione che dovrebbe oggi darsi al mondo della scuola e, in generale, all'educazione delle nuove generazioni.
Per esempio....
the recognition of the impact that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are having on our economies and societies, which are increasingly demanding new skills and competencies intended to make students competitive workers and responsible citizens in a knowledge-based model of social and economic development......
Developments in society and economy require education to equip young people with new skills and competencies, which allow them to benefit from the emerging new forms of socialisation and to contribute actively to economic development under a system where the main asset is knowledge....
Young people are already experiencing the new forms of socialisation and social capital acquisition that ICT developments are contributing to create. Their education, both at school and at home, needs to provide them with the social values and attitudes as well as with the constructive experiences that will allow them to benefit responsibly from these opportunities and contribute actively to these new spaces of social life.....
governments should make an effort to properly identify and conceptualise the set of skills and competencies required as to incorporate them into the educational standards that every student should be able reach by the end of compulsory schooling....
The fact that educators, parents and particularly teachers, are less technology savvy than young people should not be anymore an excuse for giving up the educational responsibility on the development of the 21st Century skills and competencies....
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