Children and the Internet: New Paradigms for Development in the 21 st Century

Development in the 21 st century will be determined, to a large extent, by the thought, action and imagination of young people. This in turn, is shaped by the education system. This paper examines the current systems of education and analyses why they are often perceived as irrelevant. A new structure of for determining what should be taught and in what order, is proposed. The paper goes on to describe the results of several experiments conducted in the area of self-instruction. Based on observations from these experiments as well as from constructivist theory, an approach named Minimally Invasive Education is proposed and the process described. The analogy and role of self-organising systems in future education is mentioned.