What will future schools look like in 100 years? Imagine future schools in which students are totally engaged in a class. They are concentrating on working together to solve real-world problems. They are self-driven and are coming up with amazing ideas on the spot. They are concerned with each other’s well-being as part of a team. Their concerns reach far beyond the classroom to others all over the globe.
The school of the future will be an amazing melting pot of different peoples coming together to solve real-world problems.
Will they even be called “schools” in the future?
The teacher-student relationship is changing. Teachers are acting more as helpers rather than keepers of all knowledge. Students are driving their own education to the path that they feel best fits them. In the future, employers may not be as concerned with a diploma. They’ll look more at cases and examples of how students contribute to solving real-world problems. They’ll want to know how well they work in a team.
What will problem-solving look like in the future?
Information from the Internet is accessible everywhere and at unimaginable speeds. Kids are connected to news around the world in real time. Imagine someone could put out a request to the global community to help solve an issue in their own community! Classes can adopt an issue and work with other classes around the world in real time to create solutions.
What will information look like in the future?
It’s already everywhere. Users can get flooded by the constant flow of information. The need to understand what is true and what is not is important. The flipped classroom (翻转课堂) has already completely changed lecture-based lessons. It presents interesting content to students before they even come to class. They can access the Internet as many times as they want to review the lessons.
【小题1】What is the key message of the first paragraph?| A．The things students will do in the future school. |
| B．The situation where students will be in the future. |
| C．The attention students will pay to in the classroom. |
| D．The methods students will use to study in the classroom. |
| A．Respect. | B．Patience. | C．Teamwork. | D．Concern. |
| A．Teachers encourage students to develop leadership. |
| B．Students are really relaxed with their heavy study. |
| C．The employers value students’ diplomas most. |
| D．Students have the right to choose the most suitable lessons. |
| A．To help students to improve the problem-solving ability. |
| B．To provide the lessons for students to study before or after class. |
| C．To help students to keep in contact with the outside world. |
| D．To help students to understand the most difficult content. |
