Hi all,
I would like to share this article by Ainissa Ramirez (going to see her TED Talk later when I have time)
* We Need a New Kind of Learner http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/we-need-a-new-kind-of-learner
This reminds me when I accepted to coordinate the education program in Brazil and why I think Wikipedia can be useful in education. In Brazil, I think the description of professor Feynman about our classroom is still valid [1] in a large extent. Once I gave an interview to a French radio about Wikipedia (in 2011, a few days before Wikimania in Gdansk) and I just mentioned these points, that Wikipedia could be used as a potential tool for students learn how to make research and develop their critical thinking. On the curiosity point, I think Aaron Swartz was a great example, and I think we can see this on his article "How to get a job like mine" https://aaronsw.jottit.com/howtoget.
Since we have here in this list professors from a lot of places in the world, I would love to know if you see also problems like those pointed out in [1] on schools. Culturally, it could be interesting for us to share these experiences and stress the global nature of the Wikipedia Education Program.
Best,
Tom
[1] Richard Feynman on education in Brazil http://v.cx/2010/04/feynman-brazil-education