We are half way through 2019…. soon to be 2020 before we know it! The world is constantly evolving. Therefore with it, education needs to evolve too. Current educational practices are not sufficient enough to address and support the learning needs for our youth of today. It is widely known that the number of students with learning disabilities is increasing. All students also learn differently. If the education system does not progress, we will continue to be teaching our youth information that is of no use to them in this evolving world. Can you really believe that with an outdated education system you are still meeting the learning needs of our youth? Our youth who will be the future of our world?
Over the past century, there has been economic, social, political and technological changes in the world. With the world evolving, there are far more jobs out there now then there ever was. Therefore, there is more knowledge that needs to be gained. Students these days are learning everything about their future jobs in their university degrees. Learning all this knowledge in a short amount puts numerous stress on the individual and causes them to crash and burn, making the experience unenjoyable. If more critical knowledge was spread down into senior years of the college curriculum, it would make the transition from school to university far easier, and reduce the stress put on the individual.
It has been proven that successful learning takes place when students are given the opportunity to be actively involved. Individuals do not learn well as spectators. The more individuals learn, the more they are capable of gaining more knowledge. In order to support and build an education system that prepares our youth for the future, awareness needs to be brought to the public’s attention in regards to the knowledge gap of our youth. The public needs to be aware of the gap and the kind of learning that students need. Without public support for teachers and students, the rebuild of the education system will not be successful.
Schools need to unbundled. The structures of current schools need to be reassembled and rebuilt to create an innovative future in learning. Learning needs to be more personalised and student centered. Education needs to be built around the learner and what their learning needs are. This results in resources for learning needing to be more flexible to cater to the learner’s needs. It also provides an opportunity to develop new and more advanced resources that could better suit the needs of the individual learners. This is just the beginning of the new revolution of education. The starting point needs to be with identifying our student’s learning needs and deciphering what is going to best help them to build their future. All we need is support and a little faith and courage to start something new.
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