Children of the future

In the future, if you want a job, you should be unlike a machine - creative, critical, and socially skilled.

Yet children are still taught to behave like machines. While children learn best when teaching supports their energy and curiosity, they are conditioned to sit still in rows while they are filled with facts. While adults succeed through collaboration, collaboration in tests and exams are called cheating.

• The Mantle of the Expert encourages children to form teams of inquiry, solving imaginary tasks beyond traditional subject boundaries, such as rescuing people from disaster.
• The Quest to Learn is based on the way children teach themselves to play games. To sol...