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How to make education fit for the future
Posted by Hlengiwe Zwane on 23 June 2021, 16:55 SAST
Any education that deems itself "fit for the future" needs to meet the challenges of the changing nature of the workplace and develop the new skills associated with it, according to Lee Davis, deputy director of education at Cambridge International.
"Schools are complex, social organisations, with intricate webs of interdependent parts, and that this complexity is increasing over time, explains Davis. Davis supplies some insights into how education can address these needs. A curriculum should be broad and balanced, offering flexibility and choice. It should be designed to develop "powerful" understandings and knowledge.
"We promote the development of learner attributes those of Cambridge International and those that the school identifies as a way of recognising that students need to develop attitudes and life skills as well as academic competence," says Davis.
Cambridge International helps schools to establish a learning rather than a performance orientation in their teaching and learning.
"We place emphasis on assessment that makes learning and thinking visible to help guide future learning," says Davis.
"Furthermore, students can monitor the quality of their learning and performance against expectations and can compare this with the standard."
This leads to the student understanding how the quality of what they do can be improved and take the necessary actions to close the gap between their own performance and the required or desired standard.
Source
NEWS24
