The Learning Revolution in brief
A summary of the world's best learning breakthroughs

International researchers Gordon Dryden, from New Zealand, and Dr. Jeannette Vos, from California say the world needs a learning revolution to match the revolution in communications and technology.
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They say the main elements of that revolution are twofold, linking the modern marvels of brain research with the power of instantly available information and knowledge.
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In the introduction to The Learning Revolution, which has sold around 9 million copies in 1999, they highlight key breakthroughs to show that revolution in action
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* Students learning to speak a foreign language fairly fluently in eight weeks.
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* Three- and four-year-olds learning to speak three languages and read, write, spell and count, well before starting school.
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* Eight-to-ten-year-olds designing their own 21^st century school - and depicting it on CD-ROMs and videotapes they have made themselves.
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* A seven-year-old getting honors in senior high-school mathematics.
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* An Alaskan high school where students operate four pilot companies while they learn exporting, foreign languages, statistics, food technology and many other interconnected
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* Teachers using music to dramatically improve educational standards. * Schools that identify and cater to a variety of "multiple intelligences".
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* The latest research into learning-styles, thinking-styles and working styles.
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* The country that is spending $2.5 million in each of its schools to introduce the world's best information technology.
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* The latest brain research – and how it reveals that each one of us is using only a small part of our potential.