A 21st CENTURY EDUCATION CONUNDRUM
I’m passionate about moving education into the 21st century; about adequately preparing students for the future they will encounter; about encouraging schools to adopt innovative tools that will engage students in the teaching-learning process; about re-energizing teachers by giving them the OK to break out of our Industrial Revolution mode of teaching.
I do not believe that our country or our educational systems have fully come to grips with the rapidly increasing worldwide competition, especially from China and India, that current students will face when they enter the job market. Brad Whitehead, President of Fund for Our Economic Future, points out the “Gross mismatch: 80% of the new jobs require post secondary education but only 25% of our population has a college degree.” How are we preparing students for the next level? Will they be able to compete against the increasing number of students from foreign nations with college degrees?
The wildly popular YouTube video “Did You Know 3.0” is a must see.
There certainly are a plethora of educators who are moving their institutions forward.
