The project has a series of short, simple animations aimed at raising awareness about how the minds of young humans are "born to learn"--but not necessarily "be taught." The site explains: "Your brain is the planet’s most powerful learning machine. But our current systems of education aren’t doing enough to unlock our true potential. This is what Born to Learn is all about."
The short films "sum up over 20 years of rigorous and complex research" culled from history and evolutionary psychology. The main idea is that everything would be better if we taught kids by doing instead of memorizing, and trained them to see connections and "the big picture" rather than isolated pieces of problems with no clear purpose. Kids and teenagers will have their whole adult lives to specialize into worker bees if they want or have to. Why not spend their formative years teaching them to think different?
We also recommend watching: "Sir Ken Robinson: Schools Kill Children's Creativity" and "Changing Education Paradigms"
Born to Learn: Redesigning Education (video 1)
Born to Learn: Redesigning Education (video 3)