We're training kids to do what computers do, which is spit back facts. And computers are always going to be better than human beings at that. But what they're not going to be better at is being social, navigating relationships, being citizens in a community. So we need to change the whole definition of what success in school, and out of school, means.
Collaboration is everything from getting along with others to controlling your impulses so you can get along and not kick someone else off the swing.… - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Collaboration is everything from getting along with others to controlling your impulses so you can get along and not kick someone else off the swing.…
- Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Critical thinking relies on content, because you can't navigate masses of information if you have nothing to navigate to. - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Critical thinking relies on content, because you can't navigate masses of information if you have nothing to navigate to.
Content is built on communication. You can't learn anything if you haven't learned how to understand language, or to read. - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Content is built on communication. You can't learn anything if you haven't learned how to understand language, or to read.
What we do with little kids today will matter in 20 years. If you don't get it right, you will have an unlivable environment. That's the crisis I see. - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
What we do with little kids today will matter in 20 years. If you don't get it right, you will have an unlivable environment. That's the crisis I see.
Learning isn't just K-12. It starts prenatally. If you get a bead on what your children are and aren't being exposed to at school, that will suggest … - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Learning isn't just K-12. It starts prenatally. If you get a bead on what your children are and aren't being exposed to at school, that will suggest …
Creative innovation requires knowing something. You can't just be a monkey throwing paint on a canvas. It's the 10,000-hour rule: You need to know so… - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Creative innovation requires knowing something. You can't just be a monkey throwing paint on a canvas. It's the 10,000-hour rule: You need to know so…
If Rip Van Winkle came back, there's only one institution he would recognize: "Oh! That's a school. Kids are still sitting in rows, still listening t… - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
If Rip Van Winkle came back, there's only one institution he would recognize: "Oh! That's a school. Kids are still sitting in rows, still listening t…
We're training kids to do what computers do, which is spit back facts. And computers are always going to be better than human beings at that. But wha… - Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
We're training kids to do what computers do, which is spit back facts. And computers are always going to be better than human beings at that. But wha…
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