Schools' narrow e-teaching focus worries expert [NZHerald]
- Published: 08 October 2009
Computers may have opened up boundless opportunities for young people, but schools are squashing those opportunities, a world leading authority says.
Californian Gary Stager, an expert in computers in schools for 27 years, has travelled the world spreading the message of what can be achieved if children get proper access to technology in schools. He is disturbed by the "narrow thinking" he has found from the adults in charge.
"I think one of the trends I am seeing globally is an increasing conservatism, not just in educational policy, but a narrowing of the imagination of what kids can actually do with computers," Dr Stager told the Herald, after speaking to the ULearn education conference in Christchurch.
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