Current Trends In Public Education
The History Of Tech In Education
When I attended public school the only technology we had was manual typewriters in high school. I remember the triangle-shaped pop-up textbooks we used to train our eyes to read from text and our hands to blindly find the correct keys to press. So rote was the learning, but also so invaluable.
And when I started teaching over 2 decades ago, there were no smartboards, just overhead and book projectors so whole class instruction was delivered behind a mobile pulpit in the middle of the classroom.
The latest teaching methods and technologies have led to the rise of online learning and hybrid classrooms. Teachers over 40 have had to learn on the go, whereas teachers under 40 have grown up with these technologies.
Tech In Education In Recent Times
Classrooms today are using teaching methods and technologies that integrate a dualistic teaching method of formal and informal learning that was unfathomable just a few decades ago.
Now, I can be anywhere in the room and display on any wall of the classroom videos, pictures, text, podcasts, blogs, books, and math manipulatives for the students to examine, manipulate, and develop critical thinking skills of the topics and concepts presented.
Keyboarding skills are taught as young as elementary school as children already enter the school system being familiar with keyboards on computers and cell phones.
What The Research Says
Research supports the rise of online and hybrid learning due to increased student demand, a perception of equal or superior educational value, and improved learning outcomes when effective pedagogy is used.
Post-pandemic, a significant majority of students prefer hybrid or fully online options. Furthermore, hybrid models offer enhanced student support and can foster a sense of community by blending the anonymity of online interaction with the social benefits of in-person contact.
When a new curriculum is created and mandated by provinces or states, there are little to none aligned resources that are created in tandem. This is why I created these hybrid resources myself to help teachers and parents seamlessly navigate curricular expectations.
How We’re Here To Help
The unit and lesson plans in our K-6 Learning Library can help your K-6 child or students develop confidence and proficiency in both English Language Arts & Literature and Mathematics in a straightforward and engaging way. They are designed to foster self-efficacy as one option is to utilize them in a self-instructed fashion. The best part is that you can edit these resources so that your child or students can focus on what they can do right now and build on it, rather than internalize that they are not performing at grade level.
All of our resources include engaging instructional videos, audio functions, and high-definition images. These resources can be used both digitally and non-digitally at home or at school.
If you want to fully preview all unit and lesson plans, you can do so on our Teachers Pay Teachers page!
If you have any questions about any of our products, then you can email me at hello@educationrocks.ca.
Thank you for reading this blog post on current trends in public education. I wish you and your child(ren) or students all the best during this interesting time!