Peter Gale Teacher

Aiming for a global perspective in education and identifying important trends may help support a connection-based learning. The world has never been so connected. These days, spreading ideas all over the world can be done at such a rapid rate. Peter Gale Headmaster, understands the need for schools to be more adaptive to a worldwide approach in learning and education. An experienced educational professional he has 20 years of involvement in educational leadership. Below, he shares his views on why there is a need for schools to take on a global outlook in education.

Today, you can find schools that are located in different parts of the world that are innovating their practices in ways that are quite similar to each other. Considering that education is reactive, pinpointing out some key issues should help one identify what the present global educations trends are.

One very important key issue that every teacher can relate to is student motivation. There is a widening gap between the world inside the four-walled schools and the real world. This has resulted in an even more difficult engagement with pupils. There is also the universal uncertainty concerning economies, job, technologies, and skills sets that change at such a very fast rate that it is making it harder for education to keep up.

If one were to look at the past education systems, it is easy to see how they have become outdated when viewed in the present world due to how they have not evolved as well as incorrectly predicting the skills that pupils need the moment they leave school. It is a fact though that no one really has an idea what kind of world awaits in ten, twenty, even thirty years time. This is why the best way to prepare children for the future is to always build their character.

Children will have a hard time adjusting to the real world when they do not have the necessary empathy, resilience, creativity, and critical thinking. These are skills that need to be developed all throughout their lives so as to give them the necessary foundation to help them face the future.

However, these kinds of skills cannot be inculcated in every kid individually. These are skills that are more experiential in nature. This is why it is up to educators to be more creative on how they can get the characters of their students developed in a way that they become well-rounded individuals at the end of the day with the necessary personal and mental tools.

An excellent way for desirable skills such as collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking can be built through learning that is both project and problem-based. This is also a good way for kids to experience cross-over learning on how they can be better global citizens through learning various issues on the global front. They will also be instigated to experience real learning through the different facets of the curriculum.

Focusing on problems in the real world can be useful in engaging students. The use of technology, which students are exposed to in their daily lives, can also help make the learning process even more meaningful. While using technology means also exposing the fact that schools have been falling behind, it can still be used to create a learning experience that is not only richer but also more real.