Digital+Youth+Research


 * Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures

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This is a major bit of research from USC and UCBerkley that (amongst other things) suggests that young people "…engage in peer-based, self-directed learning online." It's a fairly hefty bit of reading but even a quick glance suggests we may wish to consider it when thinking about education's future look.

- Two page summary of the findings
 * [|Direct link to the site]** - The full report is linked at the bottom of the linked page.

(Courtesy of Neil Winton)

A 2001 Guardian competition about kids saying what they want from their schools; a customer perspective - [|The school we'd like]