I recently read a book on the Tudors and there was a section on how they chose to educate their children. There was a debate going on even then about methods/philosophies. I haven't got the exact quote but one of the most respected teachers of the time said that the current trend in education seemed to be that children were like an empty jug that you filled with water and even though it spilled out of the top, you carried on filling it. We haven't really got very far in 500 years , have we?