Education 2025…what will it look like?
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I imagine some similarities to the now.
-Students will continue to be students. They will ride the crests of excitement and wallow in the troths of frustration. The young mind is capable of so much, but needs a guide to help along the way.
-Teachers will continue to be teachers. They will support their students, differentiate instruction and set the bar for excellence just within grasp.
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I also imagine some drastic differences.
- I would image the exposure to and the processing of information becoming more global. A textbook will no longer represent a complete collection of knowledge on a subject. Quality information will need to be sought out and sifted through. The value of sharply honed research skills we be incalculable.
-Learning may become more communal. MOOCs, tweets, chats, blogs, posts and so on will be created, view, edited and discussed by many. Share what you’ve learned with others and learn from their work in the same way.
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Will grade reporting change? Become less formal? Dan Pink suggested that people are naturally “active and engaged”. This being considered, maybe students don’t need to have continual grades assigned by teachers. Would Pink’s utopia of autonomy, mastery and purpose really transfer from the business world to the classroom? Hmmm, that’s an interesting topic unto itself.
As I sit here typing this out, my naturally flawed, human instincts kick in. How will I adapt? What will I be like in the classroom in 2025? Or better yet, how have I adapted already? Yesterday’s future has arrived and I’m living it today. I’ve changed and adapted over my 16 year career. Yes, I copied overheads and spent hours shifting piles and piles of papers. Today it’s a laptop/tablet environment.
Tomorrow’s changes are less hardware based and more process based. A change in philosophy can be a lot more difficult than a change in mere tools. Oh my, my hair is already looking like it’s 2025.
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