At this time, “trend” is a buzzword for everyone. In daily life, we often hear about fashion trends, economic trends, social trends, and so on. Education is a word derived from the Latin word educere, educatum, and educare which expresses the meaning of something to learn, to know, and to lead out.
A trend can be seen as a shift within a system (educational system) that may possibly influence the way the system operates. These could be new teaching methods, changes in research and curriculum development, and attitudes/behaviour of staff and students in the school system. Educational trends may be threats, challenges, opportunities, innovations, or initiatives that bring about social, economical, political and cultural development in the society.
Education is not an exception to that flow. According to Oxford Learners’ Dictionary, the direction of change or development of a situation is called a trend. Thus, trends in education are teaching and learning methods being highly applicable and bringing great value to people.
Educational trends may be connected to the emergence of technologies that may be relevant to educational growth and development. However, modern trends in educational development brings about changes and necessary conditions needed for innovations in teaching, learning, administration, researches and community services globally. Modern trends in educational technology and developments may include: social learning, learning design informed by analytics, flipped classroom, dynamic assessment, and event-based learning. The changing scenarios of world economy and advancement in modern technologies have resulted in beginning of many new trends in education for global competitiveness. These modern trends in education are all about innovation, accessibility, and suitability that can bring positive changes in the world. This implies that students are encouraged to learn through interactive and practical tools for knowledge building and productivity as these can help them to compete globally. These modern trends equip both academic staff and students with practical knowledge for their personal and professional growth.
Modern education
Aimed at educating an individual academically, and professionally with an overall personality development to cope with the global digital world. Next, the learning is focussed on STEAM education which means science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics are the key areas and are taught using different types of learning strategies.
“Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts, a key element of which has to be the nurturing of our compassionate nature.” - Dalai Lama
Popular Trends in Education
Online Learning, Distance Learning,Blended Learning,Social-emotional Learning (SEL),Homeschooling, Mobile Learning,Personalized Learning,Project-based Learning,Gamification and Bite-sized Learning. All these trends of education is challenging students, teachers and parents to cope up with these new trends of education.The education sector in India has seen a drastic change in recent years, as many schools and colleges have adapted to the new educational technologies.
There has been a reformation in the field of teaching and learning for many decades and at present, style of learning has become completely student-oriented rather than a teacher-oriented and memorizing method of learning. Further accessibility and availability of education is seen to reach anyone living even in the remote corner of the world. This is a positive development and educators and education providers make the utmost use of this booming trend to benefit the educational community.The modern trend of education helps students to -
Preparing students with practical skills for future
Easy accessibility of learning
Easy availability of information
Developing global skills
“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” -Mark Van Doren
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