Reflective Paper

On
Current Issues and Trends in Education

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BODY

In view of my goal to be productive and responsible person, and to touch lives and make a difference, I

was lucky and fortunate that I was able to enroll Current Issues and Trends again, because it is very

important to be updated and to further enhance and be abreast on latest issues and trends in Education. For

this society and the professional world continue to evolve and change with the growth of technology. This, in

turn, has had a tremendous impact on the educational sphere, leading to a number of growing trends in the
world of education. It will prepare us and our learners to implement these latest education developments and

familiarize them with the most important trends.

Trend the word justifies about the tendency of a system. With several educational options available to

students today, newer trends are emerging in this field, which has completely changed the traditional held

perceptions about education. Several career options that were earlier not considered to be traditional have

emerged as the most sought after education and career options. Various career options in like radio

jockeying, radio management, news anchoring, program anchoring, news reading and reporting for the

electronic media, content writing, fashion designing, event management, hospital management, medical

transcription etc., have opened up several newer avenues for education.

Current Trends In Education for over a century, education has remained largely unchanged. Classroom

full of students deferring to the wisdom of an all-knowing professor has is and many believe, will continue to

be the accepted mode of instruction. Despite many technological advances and the introduction of new

pedagogical concepts, the majority of today's classrooms continue to utilize this traditional mode.

The world is changing it is getting both smaller and bigger at the same time. Our world shrinks as

technologies now allow us to communicate both synchronously and asynchronously with peers around the

world. Conversely, the explosion of information now available to us expands our view of the world. As a

result of the ability to communicate globally and the information explosion, education must change. Most

educators might not want to change, but the change is coming – it is a matter of when not if. The challenge is

to prepare the children of today for a world that has yet to be created, for jobs yet to be invented.

The current teaching paradigm of the teacher as the possessor and transferor of information is shifting to

a new paradigm of the teacher as a facilitator or coach. This new teacher will provide contextual learning

environments that engage students in collaborative activities that will require communications and access to

information that only technology can provide. The computer and the internet's evolution these past few years

have been staggeringly fast. A computer that used to fill an entire building in 1965 has about the same

computing power as a modern-day cellphone

what things in the classroom needs improvement. Contrary to the old belief that students are too young to

know what they need. Education systems now give the students the opportunity to give pointers to their

teachers on how they can better deliver their lessons so that the students can understand.

It was also found that giving the students the chance in contributing and even revising the classroom rules

actually make the students abide to them; it gives them the feeling that they actually have a say on what goes

in the classroom. Students tend to follow the class rules now since they had a role in making the rules and

regulations.

Paying Close Attention to Each Students' Needs Educators are not looking at their class as a collective;

they see them as different individuals with different needs, which is why some students lag behind the others

when it comes to the lectures. Educators can help these students keep up by giving them personalized

attention. These are just some of the recent trends in the K-12 education system. These are promising signs

that show the educational system in the country is improving and no longer stagnant. Currently, support on

Virtual or online learning opportunities that range from supplementing classroom instruction on an

occasional basis to enrolling students in full-time programs. These opportunities include dual enrolment,

credit recovery, and summer school programs, and can make courses such as Advanced Placement and

honors, or remediation classes available to students. Both core subjects and electives can be taken online,

many supported by online learning materials. While some online schools or programs are home-grown, many

others contract with private providers or other states to provide online learning opportunities. Full-time

online schools: The following online or virtual schools enroll students on a full-time basis. Students enrolled

in these schools are not attending a bricks and mortar school; instead they receive all of their instruction and

earn all of their credits through the online school

Blended learning opportunities incorporate both face- to-face and online learning opportunities. The

degree, to which online learning takes place, and the way it is integrated into the curriculum, can vary across

schools. The strategy of blending online learning with school-based instruction is often utilized to
accommodate students’ diverse learning styles and to enable them to work before or after school in ways that

are not possible with full-time conventional classroom instruction

Online learning has the potential to improve educational productivity by accelerating the rate of learning,

taking advantage of learning time outside of school hours, reducing the cost of instructional materials, and

better utilizing teacher time. These strategies can be particularly useful in rural areas where blended or online

learning can help teachers and students in remote areas overcome distance.

Open educational resources: Open educational resources are teaching, learning, and research resources

that reside in the public domain and are freely available to anyone over the Web. They are an important

element of an infrastructure for learning and range from podcasts to digital libraries to textbooks and games.

It is critical to ensure that open educational resources meet standards of quality, integrity, and accuracy—as

with any other educational resource—and that they are accessible to students with disabilities

Use digital resources well: Schools can use digital resources in a variety of ways to support teaching and

learning. Electronic grade books, digital portfolios, learning games, and real-time feedback on teacher and

student performance, are a few ways that technology can be utilized to power learning

Recent trends and developments in education it highlights the vital and salient role of education in

effectively meeting the growing political and socio- economic challenges in the society. With the fast

developments and many variations, conflicting trends can be noticed in the educational system.

One of the major conflicting trends that can be noticed is the cost of education. As the expense of formal

education in the educational institutes is increasing very fast, the expense of education via the Internet is

comparatively low and affordable. Students can have an easy and cheap access to Internet with the help of

cyber cafes and the various other cheap Internet home connection schemes available these days. Students

here also get the scope to download many e-books, free of cost.

Another differing trend can be traced in the methodology of education. With lots of information to gather

and more and more books to study, now students are found more burdened with studying, learning and

grasping the materials and the lectures. On a contrasting note however, so much efforts are being put into

making the learning process an enjoyable one

problem that has been raised is that the type of education followed by the educational system does not always

result in offering jobs to the graduates. Our education system does not provide the students with any

assurance that they will get a job on completion of their educational degree. However, jobs are definitely

being generated by the medium of Internet. Writing articles, web designing, programming, writing reviews

etc. are among the many job opportunities offered by the Internet.

The education sector has received significant attention from different quarters like the investors,

policymakers and media. It is filled with passion and all the enthusiasm on one hand and many anxieties on

the other.

In light of COVID 19, In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, most countries around the world have

decided to temporarily close educational institutions. However, learning has not stopped but is now fully

taking place online as schools and universities provide remote schooling. It is also suggested that COVID-19

will not affect students equally, will influence negatively both cognitive and non-cognitive skills acquisition,

and may have important long-term consequences in addition to the short-term ones.

III. CONCLUSIONS

Hence, this subject Current Issues and Trends is vital and timely in our field as an Educator. Able to

experience latest method of learning like Google Meet is such an amazing an awesome way of learning.

Current Issues and Trends in education changes principally through the advancement and application of

knowledge. Changing in trends education is necessary for the creation, diffusion and application of

knowledge, and for building technical and professional capacity. Issues helps in Development countries

being further marginalized in a highly competitive world economy because of the poor quality of their

education systems.

Hence, Today, families, schools, and community, institutions should share responsibility for young

people for living and learning especially in this times of Global Crisis to be more innovative and responsive
to the needs of a globally competitive knowledge economy, and the changing labor market requirements for

advanced human capital.

Reflective Paper
On
Current Issues and Trends in Education

I. INTRODUCTION

Education gives us knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better. It develops

in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and have points of view on things in life.

People debate over the subject of whether education is the only thing that gives knowledge. It is the key to

success, without a good education you will find it hard to achieve success in one's life. A good Education is

important because you will be able to think for yourself and communicate intelligently to other people. This

knowledge and skills needed to survive and be responsible and productive person that helps reduce poverty,

beneficial to our lives and the society. “By education I mean an all- round drawing out of the best in man –

body, mind and spirit.” By Mahatma Gandhi

In view of my goal to be productive and responsible person, and to touch lives and make a difference, I

was lucky and fortunate that I was able to enroll Current Issues and Trends again, because it is very

important to be updated and to further enhance and be abreast on latest issues and trends in Education. For

this society and the professional world continue to evolve and change with the growth of technology. This, in

turn, has had a tremendous impact on the educational sphere, leading to a number of growing trends in the

world of education. It will prepare us and our learners to implement these latest education developments and

familiarize them with the most important trends.

Trend the word justifies about the tendency of a system. With several educational options available to

students today, newer trends are emerging in this field, which has completely changed the traditional held

perceptions about education. Several career options that were earlier not considered to be traditional have

emerged as the most sought after education and career options. Various career options in like radio

jockeying, radio management, news anchoring, program anchoring, news reading and reporting for the

electronic media, content writing, fashion designing, event management, hospital management, medical

transcription etc., have opened up several newer avenues for education.

Current Trends In Education for over a century, education has remained largely unchanged. Classroom

full of students deferring to the wisdom of an all-knowing professor has is and many believe, will continue to
be the accepted mode of instruction. Despite many technological advances and the introduction of new

pedagogical concepts, the majority of today's classrooms continue to utilize this traditional mode.

The world is changing it is getting both smaller and bigger at the same time. Our world shrinks as

technologies now allow us to communicate both synchronously and asynchronously with peers around the

world. Conversely, the explosion of information now available to us expands our view of the world. As a

result of the ability to communicate globally and the information explosion, education must change. Most

educators might not want to change, but the change is coming – it is a matter of when not if. The challenge is

to prepare the children of today for a world that has yet to be created, for jobs yet to be invented.

The current teaching paradigm of the teacher as the possessor and transferor of information is shifting to

a new paradigm of the teacher as a facilitator or coach. This new teacher will provide contextual learning

environments that engage students in collaborative activities that will require communications and access to

information that only technology can provide. The computer and the internet's evolution these past few years

have been staggeringly fast. A computer that used to fill an entire building in 1965 has about the same

computing power as a modern-day cellphone

Students teaching teachers students perform better when they have the opportunity to tell their teachers

what things in the classroom needs improvement. Contrary to the old belief that students are too young to

know what they need. Education systems now give the students the opportunity to give pointers to their

teachers on how they can better deliver their lessons so that the students can understand.

It was also found that giving the students the chance in contributing and even revising the classroom rules

actually make the students abide to them; it gives them the feeling that they actually have a say on what goes

in the classroom. Students tend to follow the class rules now since they had a role in making the rules and

regulations.

Paying Close Attention to Each Students' Needs Educators are not looking at their class as a collective;

they see them as different individuals with different needs, which is why some students lag behind the others

when it comes to the lectures. Educators can help these students keep up by giving them personalized

attention. These are just some of the recent trends in the K-12 education system. These are promising signs
that show the educational system in the country is improving and no longer stagnant. Currently, support on

Virtual or online learning opportunities that range from supplementing classroom instruction on an

occasional basis to enrolling students in full-time programs. These opportunities include dual enrolment,

credit recovery, and summer school programs, and can make courses such as Advanced Placement and

honors, or remediation classes available to students. Both core subjects and electives can be taken online,

many supported by online learning materials. While some online schools or programs are home-grown, many

others contract with private providers or other states to provide online learning opportunities. Full-time

online schools: The following online or virtual schools enroll students on a full-time basis. Students enrolled

in these schools are not attending a bricks and mortar school; instead they receive all of their instruction and

earn all of their credits through the online school

Blended learning opportunities incorporate both face- to-face and online learning opportunities. The

degree, to which online learning takes place, and the way it is integrated into the curriculum, can vary across

schools. The strategy of blending online learning with school-based instruction is often utilized to

accommodate students’ diverse learning styles and to enable them to work before or after school in ways that

are not possible with full-time conventional classroom instruction

Online learning has the potential to improve educational productivity by accelerating the rate of learning,

taking advantage of learning time outside of school hours, reducing the cost of instructional materials, and

better utilizing teacher time. These strategies can be particularly useful in rural areas where blended or online

learning can help teachers and students in remote areas overcome distance.

Open educational resources: Open educational resources are teaching, learning, and research resources

that reside in the public domain and are freely available to anyone over the Web. They are an important

element of an infrastructure for learning and range from podcasts to digital libraries to textbooks and games.

It is critical to ensure that open educational resources meet standards of quality, integrity, and accuracy—as

with any other educational resource—and that they are accessible to students with disabilities
 Use digital resources well: Schools can use digital resources in a variety of ways to support teaching and

learning. Electronic grade books, digital portfolios, learning games, and real-time feedback on teacher and

student performance, are a few ways that technology can be utilized to power learning

Recent trends and developments in education it highlights the vital and salient role of education in

effectively meeting the growing political and socio- economic challenges in the society. With the fast

developments and many variations, conflicting trends can be noticed in the educational system.

One of the major conflicting trends that can be noticed is the cost of education. As the expense of formal

education in the educational institutes is increasing very fast, the expense of education via the Internet is

comparatively low and affordable. Students can have an easy and cheap access to Internet with the help of

cyber cafes and the various other cheap Internet home connection schemes available these days. Students

here also get the scope to download many e-books, free of cost.

Another differing trend can be traced in the methodology of education. With lots of information to gather

and more and more books to study, now students are found more burdened with studying, learning and

grasping the materials and the lectures. On a contrasting note however, so much efforts are being put into

making the learning process an enjoyable one

Yet another conflicting tendency can be found in the results. Roughly in every part of the country a

problem that has been raised is that the type of education followed by the educational system does not always

result in offering jobs to the graduates. Our education system does not provide the students with any

assurance that they will get a job on completion of their educational degree. However, jobs are definitely

being generated by the medium of Internet. Writing articles, web designing, programming, writing reviews

etc. are among the many job opportunities offered by the Internet.

The education sector has received significant attention from different quarters like the investors,

policymakers and media. It is filled with passion and all the enthusiasm on one hand and many anxieties on

the other.

In light of COVID 19, In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, most countries around the world have

decided to temporarily close educational institutions. However, learning has not stopped but is now fully
taking place online as schools and universities provide remote schooling. It is also suggested that COVID-19

will not affect students equally, will influence negatively both cognitive and non-cognitive skills acquisition,

and may have important long-term consequences in addition to the short-term ones.

III. CONCLUSIONS

Hence, this subject Current Issues and Trends is vital and timely in our field as an Educator. Able to

experience latest method of learning like Google Meet is such an amazing an awesome way of learning.

Current Issues and Trends in education changes principally through the advancement and application of

knowledge. Changing in trends education is necessary for the creation, diffusion and application of

knowledge, and for building technical and professional capacity. Issues helps in Development countries

being further marginalized in a highly competitive world economy because of the poor quality of their

education systems.

Hence, Today, families, schools, and community, institutions should share responsibility for young

people for living and learning especially in this times of Global Crisis to be more innovative and responsive

to the needs of a globally competitive knowledge economy, and the changing labor market requirements for

advanced human capital.