A Brief History of the Future of Education

The digital age creates new demands for learners, requiring additional, next-generation skills necessary to thrive in the modern world. A Brief History of the Future of Education provides an overview of contemporary education and identifies a number of practical strategies educators can use to ensure learning stays relevant for future generations. Learn how to effectively prepare modern learners for a world that requires different and unique skill sets from previous...
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The digital age creates new demands for learners, requiring additional, next-generation skills necessary to thrive in the modern world. A Brief History of the Future of Education provides an overview of contemporary education and identifies a number of practical strategies educators can use to ensure learning stays relevant for future generations. Learn how to effectively prepare modern learners for a world that requires different and unique skill sets from previous generations.

Implement a sustainable strategy for teaching the digital generation in the face of disruptive innovation:

• Understand how information overload and digital learning have radically changed the way students learn and what knowledge they require.
• Consider predictions about what learning will look like in the future and explore strategies that educators and school leaders can utilize to prepare schools and next-generation learners.
• Discover ten critical roles teachers should embrace if they want to remain relevant in the digital age and avoid the TTWWADI (That's the Way We've Always Done It) mentality.
• Learn how to leverage the nine core learning attributes that characterize today's digital learners.
• Learn how to approach today's modern learners as your customers and clients and effectively incorporate new digital technologies in the classroom and into daily practice.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Beyond That's the Way We've Always Done It
Chapter 2: What the Future Holds for Our Students
Chapter 3: Living in the Age of Disruptive Innovation
Chapter 4: The Nine Core Learning Attributes of Digital Generations
Chapter 5: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Chapter 6: Learning in the Year 2038
Chapter 7: New Skills for Modern Times
Chapter 8: New Roles for Educators
Chapter 9: Where We Begin