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Learning for the Future: Rethinking Schools for the 21st Century - Softcover

Rshaid, Gabriel

 
9781935588108: Learning for the Future: Rethinking Schools for the 21st Century

Synopsis

The 21st century poses a fascinating, yet daunting challenge for educators: how to harness the potential of the infinite abundance brought forth by the Internet. Today's educators are the first generation in history to have access to all accumulated human knowledge. They are now facing a completely new educational paradigm with tools, strategies, and structures that have long been outdated. Schools need to reinvent themselves to develop a pedagogy and related curriculum for the 21st century. Learning for the Future: Rethinking Schools for the 21st Century explores the main drivers and principles for developing schools in the Internet age. It provides insight, pointers, and examples that allow readers to start the process of rethinking teaching strategies and helping students learn new skills needed to become lifelong learners in the knowledge era.

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Learning for the Future There are three key ideas in this book: (1) Like it or not, the internet has forced a paradigm shift in the educational process.(2) This vast source of information leads us to develop a new collective awareness of humanity through refocusing the educational system on the person.(3) The paradigm shift is from the teacher as "Sage on the stage" to "Guide on the side" leading every student to his/her... Full description

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