Derrida versus 21st Century learning

The 21st century learning plan is the latest education plan formed from BC's Ministry of Education. It is a bit late, have already entered the 21st century a decade ago, but if one was to forgive its lateness, it has some very interesting points to discuss. It is also a more than a little ironic when you consider the Ministry of Education, and, by extension, the government of BC in general, is, on the one hand, trying to strip teachers of certain autonomies through a legislated contract negotiation, and, on the other, increasing it. Although, in the 21st century plan, it will be the students who will benefit from greater autonomy and not teachers, but that may not be too bad either. The Government's plan is still in the broad strokes category, but here is the general idea found on the Ministry's website:
"In 21^st Century Learning, students use educational technologies to apply knowledge to new situations, analyze information, collaborate, solve problems, and make decisions. Utilizing emerging technologies to provide expanded learning opportunities is critical to the success of future generations. Improved options and choice for students will help improve student completion and achievement" (BC Ministry of Education, 2012).

But what does this mean? Jacques Derrida, a deconstructive philosopher, believed that language, especially the written word, diffuses meaning, "Deconstruction contends that in any text, there are inevitably points of equivocation and ‘undecidability’ that betray any stable meaning that an author might seek to impose upon his or her text. The process of writing always reveals that which has been suppressed, covers over that which has been disclosed, and more generally breaches the very oppositions that are thought to sustain it" (Reynolds, 2010).
As an example the word, "technology", is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as, "The application of such knowledge for practical purposes, esp. in industry, manufacturing, etc.; the sphere of activity concerned with this; the mechanical arts and applied sciences collectively" (2012). The definition simply relates the word to other words, thereby erasing all hope of true understanding. To know what technology means, we would have to already know the definition of application, knowledge, manufacturing and so on. By combining the definition of the plan and the Oxford definition of technology, The 21st Century Learning Plan students would "use educational application of such knowledge to apply knowledge to new situations". This only gets worse when we define knowledge: "the condition of knowing something" and knowing: "The acquisition of, or fact of having acquired, knowledge or understanding" (Oxford English Dictionary, 2012).
The 21st Century Learning Plan is, then, the "use of educational acquisitions of understanding, to apply acquisitions of understanding to new situations". I could do this all day, and I haven't even gotten to the definitions of "apply" or "situations" yet. The problem with the definition of BC's new learning plan is that it is defined at all. By casting this stone tablet, the government is already creating confusions in interpretation, ones that will only increase over time.

BC Ministry of Education. (2012). 21st Century Learning. BC Ministry of Education. Victoria, BC.

Oxford English Dictionary. (2012). Knowing. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Oxford English Dictionary. (2012). Knowledge. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Oxford English Dictionary. (2012). technology. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Reynolds, J. (2010). Jacques Derrida (1930 - 2004). Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed: James Fieser.