ABSTRACT
School is an institution with which all citizens in the industrial world have extensive familiarity, and one that frequently attracts considerable public and political attention. The discussions about school can be heated and the opinions polemic: “We should have less whole-class teaching,” “We should have more project work,” “We should have more peer learning,” “We should have more problem-based learning,” “By the year 2006, at least 20% of all learning in our school should be information technology (IT) supported,” “Students should have more homework,” “Students should have less homework,” “We should do away with age grouping,” “We should reintroduce age grouping,” “We should have streaming,” and so on.
