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COMPREHENSIVE E-LEARNING UNIT
Technology is the research, development, and usage of people, systems, processes, tools, and materials to do work. -- John Dewey
PREFACE:
Technology applies math, science, and literature. The ultimate goal is to optimize learning through advanced tools and processes. But in this program, the most important element in technology is people, their ability to adapt and reason through unique situations.
PHILOSOPHY:
In an increasingly changing world, it is essential that students become adaptable, having an ability to think through challenges. This program is an effort to help the child realize the connection between the core disciplines and how they can be used for solving problems in the real world. Math, science, and communication skills are used in conjunction with the design process to help an idea become reality ... and enjoyed.
PREMISE:
Students need to take an active role in their own education beyond the traditional classroom routine. If we are to succeed in preparing students for life after school, the child must learn to disassociate learning as principally teacher initiated. This presumes the pupil as being the primary tutor for his or her own behalf.
An educational program should be based on skills and concepts. Learning vast amounts of knowledge, which may or may not be factual, useful, or retained is antiquated. For this reason, success in education does not lie in knowing facts, but in the ability to acquire information, analyze it, then use the findings to solve problems. This skill transcends all subject areas. The only prerequisite is the ability to observe and evaluate, with a disposition to do so.
Our next generation must learn to be responsible, cordial, and accountable. These concepts go beyond the traditional classroom curriculum but are an integral part of most scholastic learning taking place in our school systems today.
Students must be involved in activities which combine other school disciplines if they are to understand their practicality beyond the classroom. The literary, scientific, and technical realms are entwined with one another in our society, and should be coalesced, if for no other reason than that.
The precepts above are primary goals by which all other objectives in this program subordinate.
