On
my latest article on
Guardian Sustainable Business, I describe the challenge educators face when helping students learn. In this age of modern electronic gadgets and social media, the evidence suggests that attention spans--hardly a surprise--are shorter. Both the
Pew Internet and American Life Project as well as
Common Sense Media have released studies on how technology has affected students’ ability to learn.
The results should be a long term worry for business. The standard routine practice of long reports and PowerPoint presentations will not resonate in the age of texting and video games. But I argue that this is the reality, and it is up to educators to change how they approach teaching in the classroom--and not doing so, in my opinion, borders on malpractice. But in the age of austerity and tight budgets, the business community must lend a helping hand to education reform, as having new workers ready and willing to replace retiring professionals is in order.
Read the
full article on The Guardian and share your thoughts with me on
Twitter.
Photo of Fresno High School courtesy Leon Kaye (Instagram:
greengopost)
About The Author
Leon Kaye
Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division,
GGP Media.
Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event.
His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
He writes for San Francisco-based
Triple Pundit,
Inhabitat and now
The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's
Architect Magazine.
Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.
On my latest article on Guardian Sustainable Business, I describe the challenge educators face when helping students learn. In this age of modern electronic gadgets and social media, the evidence suggests that attention spans--hardly a surprise--are shorter. Both the Pew Internet and American Life Project as well as Common Sense Media have released studies on how technology has affected students’ ability to learn.
The results should be a long term worry for business. The standard routine practice of long reports and PowerPoint presentations will not resonate in the age of texting and video games. But I argue that this is the reality, and it is up to educators to change how they approach teaching in the classroom--and not doing so, in my opinion, borders on malpractice. But in the age of austerity and tight budgets, the business community must lend a helping hand to education reform, as having new workers ready and willing to replace retiring professionals is in order.
Read the full article on The Guardian and share your thoughts with me on Twitter.
Photo of Fresno High School courtesy Leon Kaye (Instagram: greengopost)
