Many people feel the goal for education should not solely be the acquisition of knowledge but how to use it and how to adapt it as needs change. As well as producing well-rounded students, some believe that a blended approach can bring more meaning to all subject areas and create a more equal educational experience, regardless of ability level.
Graeme Lawrie is partnerships director at ACS International Schools. He says the subject disciplines are fading and that IT is not a separate subject any more. And that’s a good thing, as students use skills learned in one lesson in other areas. For example, if you can learn to program in Python, then you can create automated systems to process data collated in other subjects, he reasons.
“Quite often we see that kids who are learning to do 3D design on Pro-Desktop or SolidWorks, are beginning to use it for sculpture and their artwork and creating computer games using 3D modelling,” says Lawrie.
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