You are so right! There is a significant movement in the education industry to move toward "Project Based Learning." Papert is one of the founders as I'm sure you know.

Here's a book I recommend if you're interested in learning more about this subject too: https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Learning-Progressive-Education...

I have been inspired by Papert/Little when building my curriculum to teach kids to code: http://block.school . Would love to hear what you think :)