The traditional curriculum keeps moving students from one isolated fact or skill to the next; the assignments get harder, but not more meaningful.
Alfie Kohn, The Schools Our Children Deserve (1999)

Learning About Learning: A Conversation with John Abbott and Heather MacTaggart

Thu, 01/31/2008 - 12:49 -- admin

John Abbott and Heather MacTaggart discuss the need for people to take the time to examine the current research about learning in order to envision and create the best possible system of education.

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John Abbott is the President of the [[http://www.21learn.org/|21st Century Learning Initiative]], an initiative to facilitate the emergence of new approaches to learning in the United Kingdom. Heather MacTaggart is the Executive Director of [[http://classroomconnections.ca/|Classroom Connections]], a Canadian non-profit educational organization dedicated to optimizing student learning.

The idea for the development of the changelearning website emerged from the collaboration of John Abbott and Heather MacTaggart and has been facilitated by the [[http://www.ccl-cca.ca/ccl|Canadian Council on Learning]], a national, independent, and non-profit corporation that is committed to improving learning across the country and across all walks of life.

Visit our [[http://changelearning.ca/about-us| About Us]] page for more information about the changelearning initiative.

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