Over the past year, every major institution and industry in our lives has had to go through changes. Teaching and education are far from an exception, they are perhaps the sectors that have changed the most. However, as lockdowns begin to ramp down and the world starts to open up again, what are some of the changes to teaching that might be sticking around?
Is remote learning going to stick around?
The first big consideration is, of course, where the class is going to be doing all of its learning. A lot of people, teachers, parents, and kids alike, might be eager for classes to return to the classroom. However, they have discovered some benefits of long-distance which might lead to the rise of more remote learning platforms. Such platforms could be useful for extra or remedial lessons that don’t fit within the bounds of the normal teaching day, for instance. These platforms are also getting adopted much more widely in the world of further education.
The reliance on technology in the classroom
Aside from the fact that remote learning has become a more viable long-term solution for many, technology is likely to play a much greater role regardless of where lessons are being held in the future. Look at some of the organizations that bundle chromebooks and classroom teaching software for K-12 for instances of how this can be done. Making use of features like screen monitoring, screen sharing, push websites and more can help teachers interact much more freely with the learning experience of their students to make sure that they’re on the right track.
A greater focus on self-study
Homework has always been a tool of self-study or has at least been proposed as such. However, lately, students have had to learn to study more independently. While this might seem like a way of simply passing the buck from teachers, it also teaches a skill that will become invaluable in college. For that reason, schools may be focusing on helping students learn how to study more independently in the later years going forward.
The dangers of education disruption
For a lot of students, efforts to educate them over the past year have been fraught with difficulty, to the point that there is a serious concern that they may have issues with further education if the imbalance isn’t addressed. The after-effects of natural disasters on education have been measured, and find that children who have such experiences can have hindered results for the rest of their educational life, which can go on to affect their attainment both in school and in life outside of school. As such, there will be significant considerations of how the following years in school change to help kids catch up after the pandemic.
How much education will change in the coming years in response to COVID-19 has yet to be seen. There is a good chance that things will return to how they used to be, more or less, but that could be missing out on the opportunity to improve the sector, something that teachers and decision-makers in schools will have to consider.
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