A Introduction

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 806.

Trends in Education

Read the text and say which part of the text (A-D) the following refers to.

Answer the following question.

READING

Create a project about one of the fields of study (e.g. description of the field of study, examples of discoveries and achievements, its presentation in the school programme, prospects for the future, etc.).

What do you know about modern trends in the development of the Education system in the target language countries and the Republic of Kazakhstan?

1. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

2. Enhanced learning spaces

3. A new professionalism

4. Definition of the word ‘trend'

5. Inclusion in practice

6. Beyond delivery

7. Formative assessment has come of age

8. Informal learning

9. User generated content will lead the way

10. Multi-touch input is here to stay

11. Learning goes outside, does the teacher follow?

12. Too much information

13. Promising innovations are emerging

14. 21st century skills

15. Examples and trends

A trend is a shift or tendency within a system, for example schools, that is likely to grow in importance and influence how the system operates. Examples include economic developments, changes in society or in employment, or in attitudes and behaviour. Some trends are opportunities, others disruptive, a challenge or threat; some turn out to be a short-lived novelty (an innovation can develop into a trend, or die out), others slow-burning, even barely noticeable but seismic and enduring over the long term. Many trends are of course outside the control of schools, but others can be taken into account in school development planning and designing effective teaching and learning. A trend may emerge in one country but not another, another may be global.