Over the years, kids have learned slowly what to do when they get to work one day, or what to understand to get into college. now i want to take this one step further - case studies and actual work, during school hours. Instead of learning about the topic from a distance, they should be given, from about grade eight, case studies to be taught through. there are enough of these out there to cover all the things in a textbook they would learn from, of course. Then, they could move on to actual work for these companies and such, from the comfort of their classrooms. the work they will be paid very little for, as the school needs to be able to afford the computers they are using, of course, and then they would leave school with references and experience. This, to me, sounds much better than the current way high school is handled. if we were to prepare them for the big world this way, they would be more confident, and competent. this seems to be the future way of doing things, yes?
Well you're right, In Australia you can do work experience from year 10 https://www.csiro.au/en/Careers/Student-and-graduate-opportunities/Work-experience https://australianmuseum.net.au/work-experience-for-school-students I'm considering taking a student interested in my field for a short period. The more progressive schooling I think may become a trend is P-Tech's, pathways to learning - teaching the content and the application of it in the workplace. It doesn't focus on just one job but all the various jobs that particular content can be used for. Certainly helps to motivate if they explain why you're learning what you're learning http://www.ptech.org/key-elements
