Our world is changing, but what about our schools? | SchoolNews
Original article: https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/2017/08/our-world-is-changing-but-what-about-our-schools/
When we think about the purpose of education and the relevance of what we are teaching, what are our answers?
Why do teachers need to upskill, reinvigorate their teaching and ignite new passions towards their teaching practice?
The traditional learning style in the classroom will become less and less relevant to the lives of our students, and to the needs they have going forward into an uncertain future. Today the most up to date information, access to knowledge, research and innovation can be found online, by anyone, all of the time. We need to embrace this change in the way we access information and knowledge. We need to use new and emerging technologies to empower our students, our learning and ourselves.
Understanding how to use digital technologies in the classroom in a relevant and integrated approach is essential if we are to equip the young people of New Zealand with the skills they need to live, work and thrive in the world. It is critical that teachers and students alike can navigate and learn in a digital landscape and be a part of the technological world. With the aid of current and emerging digital technologies we have the power to transform our teaching and learning. To stay abreast of the changes in education and the world we need to commit to new ways of learning, new practices and new pedagogies.
Pressures on principals and school leaders to raise achievement, and the focus on priority learners, has often meant blanket approach to the professional learning and development for educators, and delivered curriculum-based to all teachers in the school or department.
With the Government’s recent announcement to make the curriculum more digitally oriented, schools and teachers now have more opportunities to choose what they want to learn about and how they would like to upskill.
Source: https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/2017/08/our-world-is-changing-but-what-about-our-schools/
