Marc Prensky’s work on digital natives represents a watershed in educational thinking, and seems to have been behind much of the 21st Century pedagogical approach. Whilst Prensky shares some interesting ideas, I believe the concept of digital natives has done education more harm than good. …
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Tag: pedagogy
Digital Savages
Vygotsky and the ESF
The English Schools Foundation (ESF) is a Hong Kong-based international school system, featuring 17 schools and 3 kindergartens. I worked at the ESF for 3 years: 1 in a primary school, 1 in a secondary, and 1 at the Foundation Management Office.
Over my time …
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