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Clayton Christensen's Theory of Disruptive Innovations in Education

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

I recently read Harvard Business professor Clayton Christensen's book Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, written with Michael Horn and Curtis Johnson. The book extends Christensen's famous theory of disruptive innovation to education (just as another book does as to healthcare). The "disruption" will be computers. The problem with education today, say Christensen/Horn/Johnson, is that it is too standardized and cookie-cutter, even though students all "learn in different ways." Computers will be more tailored to students' learning styles and capabilities. To amplify, Christensen/Horn/Johnson give credence to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (such as linguistic, logical, spatial, kinesthetic, musical, etc...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on January 01, 2009 (boomark / email).