It's a bit ironic to read this headline and then read in the text that "When it comes to learning the emphasis has to be on what the kids do, not the adult." But the sense of it is reasonable enough. Education - especially at younger ages - revolves around the creation of learning experiences rather than the transmission of content. But in this article so much of this sentiment is placed in a teacher-centric and information-centric context. Like this: "Knowledge must be organized around key concepts and not learned in isolation as this promotes understanding." Well, no, it's not the concepts that ground knowledge, it's the experience. And this: "Learners must receive feedback from more knowledgeable others as well as peers." No, the idea is that feedback should some from a diversity of sources, not specifically "more knowledgeable others" (ie., teachers). And the diagram, where the final output is "stories" (credit here). No.
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