‘The most effective learning takes place away from school.’ How far do you agree?

effective learning
  • what do we learn outside school which is not generally available at/in school?
  • definitions of what constitutes ‘learning’ – informal/formal learning, ‘academic learning’, general life skills, etc
  • role of parents, grandparents, siblings, peer groups
  • rites of passage
  • importance of personal initiative – finding things out for oneself
  • homework is done outside school
  • how and what children might learn from the internet at home
  • the social environment in the school is essential for the working world