Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've got Google?

Things Every Teacher Should Know

By Ian Gilbert

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About the Book

‘Economics is education; education is economics’ – so says one of the world’s leading business gurus. Yet are teachers ready for the challenges that the 21st century is throwing up? Are they aware of what lies ahead for the people in their classrooms today? Is the model of education we have up to the job of preparing young people for a world that is so radically different from the one that existed when the education system was set up?

For over a decade Ian Gilbert has been working with young people and their teachers around the world to help them develop the thinking, learning, creativity and motivation for success in school and beyond. But the world is changing at an alarming rate, the future is upon us and so much of what goes on in the classroom is still designed to create successful 20th century citizens who will do what they are told and not cause too much of a fuss.

And unless things change we will all be left behind.

With his customary combination of hard-hitting truths, practical classroom ideas and irreverent sense of humour Ian Gilbert has written something that should be required reading for everyone involved in educating young people.

If you are a teacher, the future of the world needs you to be great – this book will show you why. And how.

This book is designed to be required reading for every teacher to help ensure that the education system in the UK is knowledgeable about and ready for the challenges that today’s young people will face in the 21st century. Areas covered will include globalisation, new life skills, thinking and creativity for the new economy, technology, change and learning, neuroscience of learning, the teacher’s true power in the classroom, classrooms as laboratories, ‘dumbing up’ to help more people learn more in a variety of ways.

Table of Contents

21st Century World 1. What Tom Peters Says 2. World is Flat 3. The BRICs Economies 4. Democratise learning 5. Qualifications Do Not Always Make For Success 6. Your EQ Will Take You Further Than Your IQ 7. Why Do I Need A Teacher When I’ve Got Google? 8. Nothing Is More Dangerous Than An Idea When It’s The Only Idea You’ve Got 9. If You Can Imagine It You Can Do It 10. AQA v AQA – Technology and Learning 11. The Meaning of the 21st Century The Brain 12. It’s the Brain Stupid! 13. State Is The Most Important Part Of The Learning Process 14. You Create Their Brain Architecture 15. It Takes 25 Years For The Human Brain To Mature 16. Pre-frontal Cortex 17. The Amygdala - Don’t Make Em Mad Make ‘Em Think 18. You Can’t Be Older Than Your Brain 19. Dopamine 20. Not Fun But… 21. Self-Esteem The Education System 22. Conformity and Creativity 23. Origins of the School System 24. Origins of the Exam System 25. Mengele was a Doctor Nature of Learning 26. Learning School or Teaching School? 27. The Learning Mix 28. How Are You Smart? 29. Little Things 30. ‘Intelligence Is What You Use When You Don’t Know What To Do’ 31. Metacognition 32. Memory Your Power in Classroom 33. The Power and Influence of Great Teachers 34. Classroom Not Just An Environment To Show How Clever You Are 35. Teach Less, Learn More 36. Enthusiasm and 7% 37. Love Children