As Sir Ken Robinson said at his TED lecture, “We need a revolution in education. It should be transformed into a new, more modern form of teaching”. Education needs to become more human-centered to support the future world of work and, critically, success in life more broadly, anchored in learning across multiple dimensions. Given the current pandemic, this shift in focus becomes even more critical. To successfully achieve this shift requires a new principle-based approach to learning, holistic and research-informed, inclusive and flexible, while still supporting consistency at scale. There is an urgency behind the need for this revolution to integrate knowledge and expertise from across multiple and disconnected disciplines and levels to tackle what is effectively a global challenge.
“Our society is obsessed with preparing students for college,” said Sir Ken Robinson in his video. Indeed, our teachers mostly devote their time for preparing students for centralized tests rather than focusing on discovering talents in students. Teachers are more important than ever in preparing students for an ever-changing world with unlimited access to all types of information. Teachers can be the guides that shape educational experiences for their students, helping them engage with learning tools that will enrich and support deeper learning, including different types of technology. Teachers can also use technology platforms to support data-driven learning, personalizing learning to students’ interests, passions, strengths, and needs. Education helps to discover talents in people. Teachers can play a significant role in finding the hidden talents in their students as they observe them and know their strengths and weaknesses. Teachers can sense a latent talent in a student much better than the student’s parents, relatives, or friends and can encourage the student to spend more time developing the gifted skills.
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Bring on the learning revolution! Sir Ken Robinson. (2010, May 24). YouTube. Retrieved April, 6, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LelXa3U_I
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