These are ideas, thoughts, and debates centered on educational policies and practices. Trends are new, up-and-coming, and popular educational practices. It is therefore important to keep up with current trends in education since they determine what is currently accepted to be the best way to engage students.
There are some trends that have continued into 2022, and we need to see how they are important to our work.
Society continues to change with the growth of technology, and for educators to properly engage their learners they must remain relevant and current and know key factors that affect learning in the classroom.
Let’s look at 6 of these important trends:
1) Technological trends in teaching and learning:
Computers and the internet have changed how students learn, access information, and do various tasks.
There are a variety of media and learning tools now available to support learning.
Learning management systems also make it easier for teachers to track students’ progress and provide help in real-time.
This is one area where every school must weigh in.
2) Soft Skills training:
Some of the most important skills in the workplace today include critical thinking, people management, innovation, problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, decision-making, public speaking, conflict resolution, and emotional intelligence.
Employers of the future want to see graduates who understand these things and showcase their leadership skills.
Schools must therefore prepare students for these skills, by putting training in place to help them and nurture and grow in these skill areas.
3) Decreasing attention span:
With the prevalence of technology, attention spans have decreased significantly. Schools have to therefore change their lesson delivery methods and make them more engaging.
Millennials report that when content is highly engaging, they have the potential to pay attention for longer periods, as schools, therefore, our content must have excellent visuals and dialogue that will hold the attention of our students.
Teachers must design classes that will catch the attention of the students. These generations of students want to be challenged, and they value interaction. Let teaching be practical-based.
4) Life-long learning trend:
Professionals who want to remain competitive in their environment will need to constantly re-skill themselves, there must be ongoing learning. Schools should create this mindset in their students as well as faculty and staff. The changes going on daily need us all to be constantly developing ourselves, or else we become irrelevant. Have a timetable for continuous professional development.
5) Hybrid Delivery:
The rise of this renders educational technology necessary for students and teachers. In the sudden and uncertain circumstances that cut across the world, this has become necessary today, so learning can go on anywhere even if there are unforeseen challenges, just like the pandemic presented. Schools must put in place how learning can continue in the face of any challenge.
6) Facilitating Learning versus Teaching:
Teachers have become facilitators and guides now. With the growth of digital classrooms, teachers need to change how they relate to their students. They now help students understand how to learn, love learning, find new information, and understand it.
In conclusion, as new trends begin to unfold, these 6 remain at the core of what we do. There are others like coding, robotics, artificial intelligence, drone technology, augmented reality, etc.
Take it one at a time, technology is better established in bite sizes, and very soon you be firmly established, providing an excellent education that is globally relevant and competitive.
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