Growing better learners: Are we serious yet?

Chartered College of Teaching ¬∑ Growing better learners: are we serious yet?   In an ideal world, all the cogs of school are driven by the flywheel of vision and purpose. For things to mesh smoothly you have to give good clear answers to these six questions: What are the desirable outcomes of education? After we've taken care of the business of exams and university / college entrance, what do we want all young people to take away from those 13 long years of school? Education has to be moral: it necessarily derives from value judgements. Why these ones? What is it exactly that we think all young people need to know, be able to do, and to possess as positive values, attributes and mindsets? You can't do everything, so why not other ones? Educational choices and values have to be justified: a lot of lives and a lot of money are at stake. What can we assume children have already, in the way of knowledge, skill and character? What are we trying to build upon? If we d