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<h2>Description</h2> | <h2>Description</h2> | ||
one and are deteriorating. According to a study conducted by the national centre of education statistics, attendance among tenth-grade students is constantly decreasing. <br> | |||
is not responding to the current needs. <br> | |||
<h2>Enablers</h2> | <h2>Enablers</h2> | ||
educational system<br> | |||
Lack of link between student life and professional life | |||
According to a study conducted by the national centre of education statistics in 2006, only 12% of high school students believe that schoolwork is meaningful whereas 21% of students believe that their courses are interesting | |||
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-Lack of connectedness with the teachers <br> | |||
Lack of link between student life and professional life<br> | |||
39% of the students participating in the research believe that school work will have any bearing on their success in later life <br> | |||
<h2>Inhibitors</h2> | <h2>Inhibitors</h2> | ||
-Use of interactive technology <br> | |||
Children are increasingly using technology for their past time activities, why not also incorporate them in the classroom? <br> | |||
Understand that needs of students change throughout time <br> | |||
Students cannot relate with the school and the teaching material since they correspond to the needs of students of the past. Technology and the business world are changing very fast, outdating in that way everything that remains the same. <br> | |||
-Autonomy<br> | |||
<h2>Paradigm</h2> | <h2>Paradigm</h2> | ||
Schools should not reinvent but revisit their primary purpose: to educate, to provide | Schools should not reinvent but revisit their primary purpose: to educate, to provide <br> | ||
<h2>Timing </h2> | |||
The trend has been obvious for a couple past years. But as years go by, the trend is intensifying and is expected to further deteriorate in the future. <br> | |||
<h2>Experts</h2> | <h2>Experts</h2> | ||
Durham University <br> | Durham University <br> | ||
National centre for education statistics<br> | National centre for education statistics<br> | ||
Joanna C. Dunlap and Patrick R. Lowenthal from the University of Colorado at Denver<br> | Joanna C. Dunlap and Patrick R. Lowenthal from the University of Colorado at Denver<br> | ||
<h2>Web Resources</h2> | <h2>Web Resources</h2> | ||
http://nces.ed.gov <br> | http://nces.ed.gov <br> | ||
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/trends-in-higher-education/twitter-in-the-classroom-studies-find-increased-student-engagement/ <br> | http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/trends-in-higher-education/twitter-in-the-classroom-studies-find-increased-student-engagement/ <br> | ||
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc <br> | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc <br> | ||