The reality is that the world has been redefined with the development and distribution of smart phones and access to the internet rapidly increases. The shift to how connected the world can now be, and how much information is accessible has been dramatic and swift. I graduated high school in 2014, and it feeling like the world and culture in which high schoolers are living in how is drastically different than when I was in high school only tenish years ago.
It feels like education is slowly changing, and it makes sense that educators who have been in the profession for 20+ years may not be able to adapt because they have been teaching a certain way (that maybe worked) and can't make a change. As more and more teachers are retiring, (and it seems that way especially now after the pandemic) there will be more teachers entering the profession who are more aware of how technology has shifted the way students are learning.
I'm hopeful listening to other co-hort members that we are beginning to understand that continuing to educate students with the same methods and holding the same standards that have been in place for the last few decades, is no longer adequate. My mindset is slowing changing and I hope that as more and more educators are receiving training we will begin to recognize the value of change to better equip students for their future.
Ellie,
ReplyDeleteReading your post makes me think how beneficial having more than one teacher in a room could be for students. I know that many of the instructors said that a co-teaching model is often difficult, but I could see it benefiting teachers who have been in the profession for many years and who are having a difficult time adjusting to new technology. Maybe having some tech-savvy inputs into the lesson planning could help many seasoned teachers.