This blog is to focus on the future of schooling in WV. In particular the 21st century skills state initiative is our primary topic. I would like to see postings and comments from individuals in school settings as well as other stakeholders. As the initial blog states, the 21st century interviewing assignment was the impetus for this format but where it goes is completely up to us as authors and those who comment.
Five years into the future, what would you like to see happening in West Virginia schools that would better prepare students for success in the 21st century?
In five years the means of communications and the access to it will be dynamically different. This alone will change dramatically the way businesses operate. Thus, education will need to provide changes to adapt to it. Our end goal is to prepare students to be productive citizens. Children of all ages will need to be able to use the future modes of communication. The traditional education will always focus on the written word and the ability to use it. The form may be different,not pen or pencil, but reading and writing will still be every bit as important because it is the basis of communication. In addition, the ability to think and problem solve at levels other than linear will be imperative. Reasoning skills are at the crux of education. More time must be spent at earlier ages to help children walk through these skills of thinking through a process and understanding how to follow a progression of ideas. Children and teachers are often too tied to an answer being correct or incorrect rather than the process of thinking that brought them to the conclusion that they made. The gift of education is to be able to think and problem solve which takes information, but more yet the ability to use it.
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Five years into the future, what would you like to see happening in West Virginia schools that would better prepare students for success in the 21st century?
In five years the means of communications and the access to it will be dynamically different. This alone will change dramatically the way businesses operate. Thus, education will need to provide changes to adapt to it. Our end goal is to prepare students to be productive citizens. Children of all ages will need to be able to use the future modes of communication. The traditional education will always focus on the written word and the ability to use it. The form may be different,not pen or pencil, but reading and writing will still be every bit as important because it is the basis of communication. In addition, the ability to think and problem solve at levels other than linear will be imperative. Reasoning skills are at the crux of education. More time must be spent at earlier ages to help children walk through these skills of thinking through a process and understanding how to follow a progression of ideas. Children and teachers are often too tied to an answer being correct or incorrect rather than the process of thinking that brought them to the conclusion that they made.
The gift of education is to be able to think and problem solve which takes information, but more yet the ability to use it.
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