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What could the school of 2050 look like?

From learning in the metaverse to streamlining administrative tasks, here’s our vision of education in 2050.

Holly Spanner

First, we had blackboards and chalk. Then whiteboards and dry-wipe pens. Overhead projectors and acetate. Now we have interactive whiteboards. From hefty cathode-ray televisions that were wheeled between classrooms, to flatscreen do-it-all screens, the classroom environment has kept pace with new technologies. So too will the classroom of the future. We’ve come a long way since the 90s. And pretty soon, we’ll be in the 50s.

So, what could the school of the future look like?

Undoubtedly, the biggest development we’ve seen in recent years has been advances in technology, so we can be fairly certain that it will continue to play a significant role in the future. Whereas the traditional model of education has remained largely unchanged for the past 100 or so years – pupils are divided by age and the curriculum broken down into subjects – it has been adapted to incorporate new technologies, as well as responding to economic, social, and political changes. Not to mention pandemic-related upheaval.

It's unlikely this tried-and-tested model will change drastically over the next 25 or so years, but rather it will adapt to our evolving world.

In 2050, net-zero deadlines will be upon us, and green technology will be comfortably embedded into the classrooms. Recycling will be second nature and there will be no single-use plastics anywhere in schools or universities. Some schools may have gone one step further, with student-grown vertical farms as both a teaching aid and a sustainable resource for the local community.

Technology-driven leaps forward in education will have been gradual and practical. Rather than a complete technological takeover of the classroom rendering schools (almost) unrecognisable, improvement in current technologies and a sustained effort in emerging trends will be the order of the day, with more accessibility and more information available at our fingertips.

And the way we access this information will change. From online learning platforms to more personalised learning experiences alongside the incorporation of virtual and augmented reality, we may see a shift towards a more interactive method of learning. To better prepare students for the workplace, there may be greater emphasis on collaboration and problem-solving, rather than traditional lecture-based, note-taking teaching methods.

Here are a few ways that the school of 2050 may look different.

The classroom environment

On entering the classroom, biometric scanning will allow students to check in, streamlining the hustle-and-bustle of registration. Teachers will be able to collate attendance data automatically, populate perfect attendance records and more easily track patterns of tardiness.

“Sir! I can’t see, the Sun ’s blinding me, Sir!”

For the school of the future, there will be no need to wrestle with heavy curtains or dust-covered blinds; we’ll have smart glass. Windows that can automatically adjust their tint to compensate for external brightness, protecting both our eyes and screens.

As summer temperatures continue to rise – the general trend for 2050 being warmer, drier summers as well as warmer, wetter winters – air-conditioned classrooms will become the norm. But they will be cleaner, more efficient, and sustainable, with built-in air purifiers to remove toxins and dust from the air.

By 2050, 3D printers will have become a standard appliance, both in the home and at school. As a learning aid, they will have become essential, allowing teachers more flexibility to explain difficult concepts.

Students will be able to physically manipulate objects for better information processing, visual perception, and cognitive learning. The structure of an eye? Easy. Exploring archaeological artefacts without risk of damage? No problem. Understanding the now-antique internal combustion engine? That too.

Augmented reality and AI

Adaptive learning systems driven by artificial Intelligence (AI) will have become integrated into the school environment by 2050. Personalised learning experiences will take into account learning styles and create adaptive assessments that adjust in real-time based on performance.

AI may also be used to analyse pupils' work, even so far as predicting future performance, helping teachers understand which students need more guidance on a particular concept before they fall behind.

Students will be able to get immediate feedback, with suggested areas for improvement and more personalised tutoring, tailoring to a student’s strengths and weaknesses. This isn’t a new concept, Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) have been proposed for decades, but AI will make it considerably easier.

The move towards more immersive and interactive learning experiences will also be facilitated by the application of augmented reality and advances in AI. Interactive whiteboards will be kitted out with augmented reality – where virtual objects are superimposed onto the real world – which will be particularly useful for STEM subjects, allowing students to digitally dissect the human brain, analyse chemical compounds in the clouds of Jupiter, or make size comparisons of dinosaurs .

But with AI having become more widely accessible – like the recently launched ChatGPT which can generate sophisticated paragraphs of writing from prompts – so too will new plagiarism detection software. Sorry, students.

The internet, accessibility and remote learning

The pandemic has brought remote learning into the limelight. With a global population predicted to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 , and around 90 per cent expected to have internet by then, it’s possible that classrooms will be shared virtually with external pupils, providing learning to home students and allowing for larger class sizes.

And with more pupils, teachers will have come to rely on AI automation of certain aspects (administrative tasks like registrations and tracking grades), to ensure the best possible service, allowing them to focus on teaching.

So it’s very unlikely that the internet itself will disappear by 2050. But it will change. We’re already seeing hard drive storage replaced by virtual clouds; in-progress documents accessible from multiple devices and from any location, and it’s likely this trend towards greater connectivity will continue. 5G will be a thing of the past, but high-speed networks are here to stay, and we can expect to see more data-intensive applications and services as time goes on.

The use of Internet of Things technology will be widespread, with more devices and appliances connected to the internet, enabling greater automation and control over the school environment. Outside the classroom, for example, you might encounter robot cleaners tidying the halls while lessons are in session.

With a few exceptions, homework assignments will mostly be online. From downloading the assignment at the end of the lesson, to submitting it remotely (as many do now), students will be able to view their coursework, see the percentage completed, and track overall assessments.

Instant notifications will alert pupils to deadline extensions, feedback, and grades. Parents and teachers will be able to track progress, addressing issues as and when they arise.

Learning in the metaverse

And of course, with the internet comes social media. And by 2050, the Metaverse – a shared immersive virtual space, where we can be free of our bodies, inhabiting our own digital avatars ­– will be well established.

Wouldn’t it be great to try clothes in the metaverse and have the physical product shipped to us in the real world? If the Metaverse comes to fruition, it will undoubtedly be a game-changer for online shopping, but what about education?

Virtual and augmented reality technology will likely be advanced enough to create a sufficiently immersive and interactive learning environment, perhaps even linked in with the real world; a teacher’s physical words and movements translating seamlessly to their avatar.

But as more personal information is shared online, and we spend more time in the Metaverse, there will be a greater emphasis on protecting a user’s security and privacy. We may even see cyber security modules being incorporated into some subjects.

Of course, schools aren’t solely for educational development; they’re for social and emotional development, too. In that respect, it’s unlikely the metaverse will completely replace the real-world setting. Instead, it will supplement it to allow access to global educational resources and facilitate interactions with exchange students from other schools.

Just like Captain Jean Luc Picard likes to settle down with an old leather-bound copy of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick in the 24th Century, physical libraries will still exist in the mid-21st Century.

AR books will be common, but just as Kindle and e-books have exploded in popularity over the last decade or so, access to reading material will become easier. Gone will be the days of lugging heavy textbooks around, hastily cramming them into lockers after lessons.

Students of the future can look forward to having recommended reading materials right at their fingertips, via e-readers and tablet devices which can be digitally annotated, or manipulated via VR.

We can already do this with today’s e-ink devices, and since tablets have been introduced as an integral learning device in the last decade, studies have shown that they can motivate both pupils and teachers , emphasising interactivity and keeping them engaged with the content for longer .

By extension, digital literacy will be improved, and kids of the future will be even more tech-savvy than your toddler who already knows how to buy Fortnite skins.

Subsequently, reliance on paper products will be reduced, although not eliminated completely. Artists have been using paper for thousands of years, so it’s unlikely we’ll ever see its complete disappearance, especially in art and design subjects. The paper we do use, however, will be eco-friendly; either recycled, or made from fast-growing plants like bamboo.

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Life in 2050: A Glimpse at Education in the Future

Thanks to growing internet access and emerging technologies, the way we think of education will dramatically change..

Matthew S. Williams

Welcome back to our “Life in 2050” series, where we examine how changes that are anticipated for the coming decades will alter the way people live their lives. In previous installments, we looked at how warfare , the economy , housing , and space exploration (which took two installments to cover!) will change by mid-century.

Today, we take a look at education and how social, economic, and technological changes will revolutionize the way children, youth, and adults go to school. Whereas modern education has generally followed the same model for over three hundred years, a transition is currently taking place that will continue throughout this century.

This transition is similar to what is also taking place in terms of governance, the economy, and recreation. In much the same way, the field of education will evolve in this century to adapt to four major factors. They include:

• Growing access to the internet
• Improvements in technology
• Distributed living and learning
• A new emphasis on problem-solving and gamification

The resulting seismic shift expected to occur by 2050 and after will be tantamount to a revolution in how we think about education and learning. Rather than a centralized structure where information is transmitted, and retention is tested, the classroom of the future is likely to be distributed in nature and far more hands-on.

To the next generations, education in the future will look a lot more like playtime than schooling!

A Time-Honored Model

Since the 19th century, public education has become far more widespread. In 1820, only 12% of people worldwide could read and write. As of 2016, that figure was reversed, where only 14% of the world’s population remained illiterate. Beyond basic literacy, the overall level of education has also increased steadily over time.

Since the latter half of the 20th century, secondary and post-secondary studies (university and college) have expanded considerably across the world. Between 1970 and 2020 , the percentage of adults with no formal education went from 23% to less than 10%; those with a partial (or complete) secondary education went from 16% to 36%; and those with a post-secondary education from about 3.3% to 10%.

Of course, there remains a disparity between the developing and developed world when it comes to education outcomes. According to data released in 2018 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the percentage of people to graduate secondary school (among their 38 member nations) was 76.86% for men and 84.82% for women.

The same data indicated that among OECD nations, an average of 36.55% of the population (29.41% men and 44.10% women) received a post-secondary degree. This ranges from a Bachelor’s degree (24.07% men, 36.91% women) and a Master’s degree (10.5% men, 16.17% women) to a Ph.D. (less than 1% of men and women).

Despite this expansion in learning, the traditional model of education has remained largely unchanged since the 19th century. This model consists of people divided by age (grades), learning a standardized curriculum that is broken down by subject (maths, sciences, arts, social sciences, and athletics), and being subject to evaluation (quizzes, tests, final exam).

This model has been subject to revision and expansion over time, mainly in response to new technologies, socio-political developments, and economic changes. However, the structure has remained largely intact, with the institutions, curricula, and accreditation standards subject to centralized oversight and control.

Global Internet

According to a 2019 report compiled by the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs — titled “ World Population Prospects 2019 ” — the global population is expected to reach 9.74 billion by mid-century. With a population of around 5.29 billion, Asia will still be the most populous continent on the planet.

However, it will be Africa that experiences the most growth between now and mid-century. Currently, Africa has a population of 1.36 billion, which is projected to almost double by 2050 — reaching up to 2.5 billion (an increase of about 83%). This population growth will be mirrored by economic growth, which will then drive another sort of growth.

According to a 2018 report by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 90% of the global population will have access to broadband internet services by 2050, thanks to the growth of mobile devices and satellite internet services . That’s 8.76 billion people, a 220% increase over the 4 billion people (about half of the global population) that have access right now.

The majority of these new users will come from the “developing nations,” meaning countries in Africa, South America, and Oceania. Therefore, the internet of the future will be far more representative of the global population as more stories, events, and trends that drive online behavior come from outside of Europe and North America.

Similarly, the internet will grow immensely as trillions of devices, cameras, sensors, homes, and cities are connected to the internet — creating a massive expansion in the “ Internet of Things .” Given the astronomical amount of data that this will generate on a regular basis, machine learning and AI will be incorporated to keep track of it all, find patterns in the chaos, and even predict future trends.

AI will also advance thanks to research into the human brain and biotechnology, which will lead to neural net computing that is much closer to the real thing. Similarly, this research will lead to more advanced versions of Neuralink , neural implants that will help remedy neurological disorders and brain injuries, and also allow for brain-to-machine interfacing.

This means that later in this century, people will be able to perform all the tasks they rely on their computers for, but in a way that doesn’t require a device. For those who find the idea of neural implants unsettling or repugnant, computing will still be possible using smart glasses, smart contact lenses , and wearable computers .

From Distance Ed to MOOCs

In the past year, the coronavirus and resulting school closures have been a major driving force for the growth of online learning. However, the trend towards decentralization was underway long before that, with virtual classrooms and online education experiencing considerable growth over the past decade.

In fact, a report compiled in February of 2020 by Research and Markets indicated that by 2025, the online education market would be valued at about $320 billion USD . This represents a growth of 170% — and a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.23% since 2019 when the e-learning industry was valued at $187.87 billion USD .

What’s more, much of this growth will be powered by economic progress and rising populations in the developing nations (particularly in Africa, Asia, and South America). Already, online education is considered a cost-effective means to address the rising demand for education in developing nations.

As Stefan Trines, a research editor with the World Education News & Reviews, explained in an op-ed he penned in August of 2018 :

“While still embryonic, digital forms of education will likely eventually be pursued in the same vein as traditional distance learning models and the privatization of education, both of which have helped increase access to education despite concerns over educational quality and social equality.

“Distance education already plays a crucial role in providing access to education for millions of people in the developing world. Open distance education universities in Bangladesh, India, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa, and Turkey alone currently enroll more than 7 million students combined.”

While barriers remain in the form of technological infrastructure (aka. the “digital divide”), the growth of internet access in the next few decades will be accompanied by an explosion in online learning. Another consequence will be the proliferation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other forms of e-learning, which will replace traditional distance education.

Here too, the growth in the past few years has been very impressive (and indicative of future trends). Between 2012 and 2018 , the number of MOOCs available increased by more than 683%, while the total number of students enrolled went from 10 million (in 2013) to 81 million, and the number of universities offering them increased by 400% (from 200 to 800).

Between 2020 and 2050 , the number of people without any formal education will decline from 10% to 5% of the global population. While the number of people with a primary and lower secondary education is expected to remain largely the same, the number of people with secondary education is projected to go from 21% to 29% and post-secondary education from 11% to 18.5%.

For developing nations, distributed learning systems will offer a degree of access and flexibility that traditional education cannot. This is similar to the situation in many remote areas of the world, where the necessary infrastructure doesn’t always exist (i.e., roads, school buses, schoolhouses, etc.).

New Technologies & New Realities

Along with near-universal internet access, there are a handful of technologies that will make education much more virtual, immersive, and hands-on. These include augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), haptics , cloud computing, and machine learning (AI). Together, advances in these fields will be utilized to enhance education.

By definition, AR refers to interactions with physical environments that are enhanced with the help of computer-mediated images and sounds, while VR consists of interacting with computer-generated simulated environments. However, by 2050, the line between simulated and physical will be blurred to the point where they are barely distinguishable.

This will be possible thanks to advances in “haptics,” which refers to technology that stimulates the senses. Currently, this technology is limited to stimulating the sensation of touch and the perception of motion. By 2050, however, haptics, AR, and VR are expected to combine in a way that will be capable of creating totally realistic immersive environments.

These environments will stimulate the five major senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) as well as somatosensory perception — pressure, pain, temperature, etc. For students, this could mean simulations that allow the student to step into a moment in history and to see and feel what it was like to live in another time and place — with proper safety measures (let’s not forget that history is full of violence!).

This technology could extend beyond virtual environments and allow students the opportunity to visit places all around the globe and experience what it feels like to actually be there. It’s even possible that this technology will be paired with remote-access robotic hosts so students can physically interact with the local environment and people.

Cloud computing will grow in tandem with increased internet access, leading to an explosion in the amount of data that a classroom generates and has access to. The task of managing this data will be assisted by machine learning algorithms and classroom AIs that will keep track of student tasks, learning, retention, and assess their progress.

New & Personalized Curriculums

In fact, AI-driven diagnostic assessments are likely to replace traditional grading, tests, and exams as the primary means of measuring student achievement. Rather than being given letter grades or pass/fail evaluations, students will need to fulfill certain requirements in order to unlock new levels in their education.

The ease with which students can connect to classrooms will also mean that teachers will no longer need to be physically present in a classroom. By 2050, “ virtual teacher ” is likely to become an actual job description! Ongoing progress in the field of AI and social robotics is also likely to result in classrooms that are led by virtual or robotic teachers and education assistants.

Speaking of robotics, emerging technologies and the shifting nature of work in the future will be reflected in the kinds of tasks students perform. For this reason, students are sure to spend a significant portion of their lessons learning how to code and build robots , take apart and reassemble complex machines, and other tasks that will enhance their STEM skills.

Other professions that emerge between now and 2050 are also likely to have an impact on student education. Given their importance to future generations, students are sure to learn about additive manufacturing (3D printing), space travel, renewable energy, and how to create virtual environments, blockchains , and digital applications .

In addition to adapting to new demands, school curriculums are likely to become a lot more decentralized as a result of technological changes. On the one hand, schools are likely to abandon compartmentalized study — math, science, language, literature, social studies, etc. — in favor of more blended learning activities that cut across these boundaries.

Gaming, Problem Solving, & Incentives

Another major change is the way education is expected to become “gamified.” This is the philosophy behind Ad Astra , a private school created by Elon Musk and educator Joshua Dahn for Musk’s children and those of SpaceX’s employees. Since then, this school has given way to Astra Nova , which follows the same philosophy, but is open to the general public.

With their emphasis on destructured learning and focus on problem-solving, these schools provide something of a preview for what education will look like down the road. As Musk remarked in a  2013 interview with Sal Khan, founder of the online education platform Khan Academy :

“What is education? You’re basically downloading data and algorithms into your brain. And it’s actually amazingly bad in conventional education because it shouldn’t be like this huge chore… The more you can gamify the process of learning, the better. For my kids, I don’t have to encourage them to play video games. I have to pry them out of their hands.”

This approach is similar to the Montessori method of education , where students engage in self-directed learning activities in a supportive and well-equipped environment. While many practices have come to be included under the heading of “Montessori school,” the general idea is to avoid using highly structured and transmission-based methods.

Combined with cutting-edge technology, this same philosophy is projected to become far more widespread and will be possible without the need for physical classrooms, schools, textbooks, etc. In this respect, it is the Synthesis School , another spin-off of Ad Astra, that provides the closest approximation of what the future of education will be like.

The Synthesis School is an open-access educational platform that takes the problem-solving and gamified approach of Ad Astra and Astra Nova and makes it available as an enrichment activity to the entire world (for a fee). In the future, children and youths from all over the world could be following the same process: Logging in from just about anywhere, forming groups, and playing games that develop our faculties.

The growing use of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will also have an effect on schooling. In terms of the future economy, these technologies could replace traditional fiat money and banking. But in education, they could facilitate an entirely new system of reward and punishment.

Here too, Ad Astra and Astra Nova offer a preview of what this might look like. In these schools, students are encouraged to earn and trade a unit of currency called the “ Astra .” This system is designed to reward students for good behavior while also teaching them about money management and entrepreneurship.

By 2050, the majority of students around the world may no longer have to physically go to school in order to get an education. Instead, they will be able to log in from their home, a common room in their building, or a dedicated space in their community. From there, they will join students from all around the world and engage in problem-solving tasks, virtual tours, and hands-on activities.

For hundreds of millions of students, this will represent a chance to at a brighter future for themselves and others. For many children, it will be an opportunity to learn about the world beyond their front door and how to facilitate the kind of changes that will benefit us all.

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For others, the transformation of education that is anticipated in the coming decades is a chance to fulfill the dream of countless generations. As long as education has existed as a formal institution, educators have wrestled with questions regarding the best way to impart knowledge, foster intellectual acumen, and inspire future leaders.

As Socrates famously said, “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Through technology that allows us to create education that is tailored to the individual, universal in nature, and decentralized in structure, we may finally have found the means for ensuring that every student finds their path to success.

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What Will Schools Look Like in 2050?

Considering the pace of technological advancement, it won’t be surprising if, by 2050, at least 90 per cent of the student population is pursuing online educational programs.

This will include online schooling as well. Online schools will truly democratise education, where every student can get a quality education irrespective of their circumstances or limitations.

Here are some anticipated characteristics of school education in 2050.

1. personalised curriculum.

With Artificial Intelligence gaining more momentum, the curriculum will be personalised to the needs of a particular student and their ability. Unlike today’s schooling environment, a one-size-fits-all approach will not be used. For example, if some children are weak in Science, they will be given more material and focus on strengthening the foundation. In today’s schools, this is impossible because the teacher has to maintain her pace for the sake of the larger group. In such a situation, if a student is unable to understand something, the only option they are left with is proactively asking doubts to the teacher or joining an extra class. In both cases, there is no guarantee that the student will get the required understanding. In online schools of 2050, AI will be able to identify students’ exact strengths and weaknesses and work to improve on them.

2. Reduced fees

One of the biggest hurdles in accessing high-quality school education is the fee structure. Most reputed schools demand exorbitant fees out of budget for most parents. Parents also have a limited choice concerning the board they want to choose for their children. We all know how school fees are highly correlated with the education board they are associated with. Parents should have the choice to give the quality of education they want for their children without having to empty their pockets. With online schooling, school fees will not have the expensive components of development costs, lab fees, etc. Technological costs will be associated; however, the cost can be optimised due to economies of scale. This can ultimately result in reduced fees for students, thus making school education more affordable and accessible to everyone.

3. Choice of curriculum

In traditional schooling, students undergo more than 12 years of school education without understanding why they are learning the chosen subjects. In most cases, students and parents don’t have a choice concerning the curriculum. Parents don’t want their children to be left out. They ensure they get the minimum qualifications required to pursue any regular career. As a result, most children feel disinterested in studies because there is no affinity towards the subjects they are supposed to learn. With online schooling, the implementation of a customised curriculum will be possible. Going by the current trends, more people will start pursuing skill-based careers rather than traditional careers where you need college degrees. For example, children can begin learning how to write from a young age without pursuing traditional degrees like engineering, graduate courses, and other time-consuming courses. With online schooling, students can also take a break and contemplate their choice of studies rather than follow the standard schedule suited to a larger group.

4. Homeschooling will be the new normal

Homeschooling is more common in the West rather than in India. Even today, we hardly get to hear any child being homeschooled. If we all hear such a case, the parents are usually well off, can afford to hire private tutors, and have other exceptional situations. Though homeschooling has its benefits, parents are sceptical about following this path. Moreover, though the pandemic made people comfortable with online schooling, offline schools are still preferred. It will take some time for people to be more pleased with online schools and homeschools. By 2050, the bias will be removed entirely from parents’ minds since technology will ensure access to higher quality education.

5. Project-Based Learning

In traditional schools, much focus is still on completing the syllabus and conducting exams. With online schooling, since the content will always be available to learners, more emphasis can be put on deriving the learning outcomes. Projects are the best way to get better learning outcomes and test them.

6. Greater focus on socio-emotional development

Even today, people have started realising the benefits of emotional quotient. A high EQ is essential to maintaining a high intelligence quotient to thrive in today’s workplace. By 2050, this thought process will be more established. Moreover, with online schooling, where the burden of completing the syllabus and giving strenuous exams is reduced, schools can provide more attention to soft skills development.

7. Parents will have the biggest role in school education

Parents will play a bigger role than anyone else since online schooling  primarily occurs at home. The parent will have greater visibility into their child’s education and progress. They will play a more active role in ensuring their child learns what they need to.

There are numerous known and hidden challenges that the school education ecosystem will have to overcome between now and 2050. Whatever the future holds, we all must strive to improve the quality and access to quality education. All stakeholders, including school owners, parents, and teachers, must explore new tools and methods to better understand children’s learning needs and help fulfil those. Online schooling is one of the fastest ways to ensure a better future for our students.

Online schools like 21K Schools revolutionise future learning by offering transparent and excellent quality education, regardless of your situation and location and ensuring that your child receives the highest standard of education by teachers.

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School In The Future (Essay Sample)

Technology is flourishing every day. With new technological discoveries, our lives are changing for the better at a rapid pace. Every walk of life is being influenced by these advancements in technology. Schooling and conventional education are also under the heavy influence of these changes. More and more students and teachers are adapting to the internet-based online education system. Now people have started wondering about the future of the education world. In this essay, we will discuss how schools will look and perform in the future.

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School In The Future Essay – 700 Word Long Essay

I believe schools of the future will be very different from the current ones mainly due to modernization. Technology is bound to be a  major contributor to the development of ideas about future schools. With the introduction of various technologies applicable in learning processes, the education world is expected to go digital. This means most learning activities will be carried out digitally. We can also expect a total shift from the current classroom setup which has been in existence for more than six decades.

The educational system in the future will likely change the relationship between teachers and students. Conventional classroom setup that works on strict school curriculum-based learning for all students will surely change. Every student and teacher having an internet-connected computer will be able to connect from anywhere in the world. Besides, it will be possible for students to use the internet to find information according to their area of concern. This will also help all students to converse with experts in certain subjects while being away from the classroom setup.

The modern educational system will enable every learner to get an education wherever they are. This means that no student will have to travel long distances to learn. They will also save time by not waiting for school buses, teachers, and other school preparations. It will also cut costs by a fair margin. In the future learners will not have to spend on hard copies, hard books, pens, colors, and any other thing except tuition expenses. They will only require multimedia computers with the internet to learn and explore the world.

With the advancement of video editing machines, virtual reality is developing more rapidly than ever before. It seems like virtual 3d modeling will soon help students see their teacher standing in front of them while sitting in their homes. This will enable students to observe the teacher, make eye contact with the teacher, and even observe their body gestures while learning. Virtual 3d modeling will eliminate all problems with online education that we have right now. Doing this will also help schoolboys develop better social skills, emotional skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Soon teachers will act mostly as a facilitator instead of knowledge keepers. Students will have access to information from various sources. This will significantly reduce the over-reliance on teachers. Problem-solving skills, emotional skills, and conventional group discussions would also change in the future. With enormous information available on the internet students will no longer have to completely rely on their instructors. Students would be connected around the world and will be free to ask questions and get help in real-time. Students will also have the facility to discuss subject matters with both local and global experts. Thus the future structure of schools will help solve all sorts of problems.

In the future, both private and public schools will be equipped with effective research tools for all age groups. Online services will put an end to conventional school days and one portable computer is all that will be required to get lessons from colleges and the university. School in the future will increase collaboration between various institutions. The availability of advanced technology will facilitate real-time connection of various institutions, sharing of ideas and information hence close relationships and working together.

In conclusion, online education is transforming the education system for the better. Internet-based education along with virtual 3d-modeling will allow each student to not only hear but see their instructors individually. However, more rapid innovation is needed to turn this dream into a reality.

The School Of The Future Essay – 300 Word Short Custom Essay About Future Schools

Modernization and technological advancements have taken the whole world by storm. The last decade has been a period of great inventions and innovations. Based on how the world is progressing the education system is also adapting and rapidly moving towards advancements. We can now assume how the future of education is going to be in the near future. In this essay, we will make assumptions and discuss how schools in the future are going to function.

The future school structure will promote in-expensive learning while saving lots of time. Students will be able to attend classes wherever they are. They will no longer have to travel long distances to reach the school and then reach their home. this means that parents and children will have more time to spend together. Education will become cheap because items such as pens, hard books, and school bags will be eliminated from online classes. The digital era has witnessed the introduction of advanced equipment such as portable personal computers, tablets, and smartphones. These devices have a large memory to store information and all kinds of data. Therefore, they will act as the best alternatives to carrying heavy loads of books for every subject.

School of the future will increase creativity in students. Students will be able to develop ideas and seek quick assistance from the global community. The development in technology will enable every student to quickly adapt to the changing creativity trends.

School of the future will also promote student equality. Students from all institutions will have equal opportunities to learn from the best teachers from all around the world. They will be able to acquire skills and knowledge just like students from advanced countries. On the other hand, educators will have an easy time teaching students. Once a teacher will deliver a lecture it will also be recorded and the teacher will never have to repeat the same things.

In conclusion, a much-needed change in the education system will surely take over the traditional education system. Everyone should welcome these changes and adapt to these technological advancements to transform the learning experience.

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What will schools look like in 2050.

In 2050 everyone will shift to online internet-based learning. Teachers and students will connect using portable computers and the learning experience will become better and cheaper.

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Educational facilities of the future will be easily accessible. Everyone will have an equal opportunity to learn and explore whenever and wherever they are.

What will a classroom in 2050 look like?

Imagine a school of the future that meets the challenges of the present. The impact of artificial intelligence on learning methods, the need for new digital and environmental skills, the promotion of education for sustainability, empathy and social inclusion. These are some of the ideas that emerged during the panel at the Torino International Book Fair – “Europe Day 2024. Imagining the school of the future: a day in the classroom in 2050. The role of the European Union and international organisations", – organised by the City of Torino together with the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Parliament Representation in Milan. 

We celebrated Europe Day by discussing the role of the European Union in the rapid changes taking place today. This is an objective that the ETF is addressing in its area of expertise, education and skill development, where many innovations and paradigm shifts will soon become a revolution. 

"The city of Torino has always been at the crossroads of cultures, ideas and innovation," said Daniela Silvi , Head of International Relations in the Mayor's Cabinet. "Europe Day reminds us that, despite our cultural and linguistic differences, we share common values and a common desire for progress. In this context, school is not only a place of learning, but also a bridge to the world."  

What better context, then, to co-imagine the future than the annual book fair in Turin, for "the ability of writers to imagine the world of tomorrow, the alternative futures that books open up to us", said Pilvi Torsti , ETF Director, opening the debate and quoting the director of the book fair in Helsinki, Ville Blåfield .

"Today it is useful to reflect together on how the way we learn is changing and how education and skills play and will continue to play an increasingly important role in the global era, which requires a 'glocal' approach," said Torsti. "The recently concluded European Year of Skills gave a clear signal of the importance the EU attaches to this area, highlighting that skills are the real currency of the 21st century," she concluded. 

The theme of the 2024 edition of the Torino International Book Fair is "Imaginary Life", which is why "we are gathered here today to imagine a school day in 2050, just 26 years from now. A shorter time than the advent of the internet, to be precise," added the event's moderator, Daria Santucci , ETF Communication Specialist, before reading extracts from a " Memo from the future " – the message of a vocational education assistant to her replacement in 2050, written by a professor from the fictional town of Skillsville to immerse participants in the theme of the event. 

"Before I start imagining, I would start with a question. What will be the experiences in the school of the future?" asked Alessia Messuti , Technology Enhanced Learning Cluster Lead at the ITCILO. "The approach must therefore be experiential, along three fundamental elements: people, learning spaces and technologies as a bridge between people and spaces. Bearing in mind that 'people need other people to learn', as the English saying goes. The role of the teacher of the future will therefore be that of a guide, a facilitator of the learning process. 

The future of education is inevitably linked to that of the labour market.

"Today, it is the school that adapts to the needs of the labour market, a view that I personally do not share, but which is prevalent today," said  Giorgio Vernoni , researcher in labour economics at IRES Piemonte.   

In particular, the relationship between work itself and technologies has "almost always been accompanied by both dystopian and utopian visions, both of which are simultaneously true and false in reality," Vernoni continues. "In retrospect, however, the dystopia of the disappearance of work has always turned out to be false, even in recent years in relation to Industry 4.0," meaning that it is therefore important to take concrete steps towards change, "such as the recent Artificial Intelligence Act" adopted by the European Union. 

An adjustment that will inevitably have to be accompanied by the development of new skills, according to Francesca Rosso , ETF Human Capital Development Expert and Coordinator for Skills Demand Analysis.  

"The trend is to have about one million fewer workers per year in the EU single market. When it comes to skills, this is a key issue," said Rosso. "And while the skills mix will necessarily have to change and go beyond purely technical skills, some pillars will remain. For example, one of our studies in Egypt shows that having tertiary education means having 13 times more opportunities than those with only secondary education." 

What will certainly change is the affirmation of a perspective that guides "learning within learning": proactivity and curiosity will be the basis of education and work in the future.  

The final words of the event took the form of a letter written by Maurizio Molinari , Head of the European Parliament Office in Milan, to the students of 2050.

"As you know, the school of 2024 – the year from which I am writing to you – is much more like that of the 1920s than that of 2050," Molinari's letter read. "It is wonderful to see the way you learn today compared to the notional system we are used to. To see you studying one week in Italy, the next in Finland, another in Portugal, and then during the year visiting all the Member States of the European Union is exciting, as is simulating what it is like to be a Member of the European Parliament or a European Commissioner. What is normal for you was not normal for us 26 years ago.” 

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Education in 2050

Self-guided learning, personalization of courses, and an increased focus on value for money will drive the future of education..

Andrew Jack

Global Education Editor, Financial Times

It has been slow in coming, but disruption in education is accelerating rapidly. Digital technologies and evolving attitudes are set to drive a radical transformation and disintermediation by 2050. They will overturn the medieval model of universities – as well as antiquated approaches to schooling and lifelong learning.

The first change will be more compelling and effective ways to learn online and in hybrid formats. Technology will enhance if not replace traditional classroom learning with new ways to explain topics, provide regular “low stakes” tests to track comprehension, and adapt learning accordingly to help students progress.

There will still be a vital role for humans and teachers and tutors to track, support, engage, and empathize, but much more learning itself will be self-guided with increasingly high-quality content and pedagogical tools.

Second will be greater personalization – and not just in the pace and structure of individual lessons. For too long, students have been restricted by the “bundling” of courses at their educational institutions, based more on the schedules, preferences, and availability of faculty than by their own priorities or interests; and by traditional silos created by academic subjects.

Interdisciplinary studies are more compelling and relevant for many subjects and students, and ever more important in driving scientific advances in fields such as environmental science and sustainability. While there will still be a need for foundational courses onto which to build more specialist ones, technology will allow more scale, choice and intermarriage of ideas.

Third will be a growing search for quality and value for money in courses, leading to the greater disintermediation of universities themselves. That will partly be driven by the rising cost of education, and growing concerns about the consequent social inequity it creates.

Why accept in-person teaching at a mediocre institution when universities’ offerings can be unbundled and students pick courses offered online by the best world class experts? Breaking up delivery in this way will require greater flexibility in the regulation of teaching, marking, and granting of qualifications and a willingness by the best teachers and their universities to share. But the value of their respective brands and the reach technology can provide will support their spreading influence.

That should accentuate a focus on excellence in teaching alongside research, on which too much weight is often placed by existing institutions. The results may be surprising. Some less prestigious universities may emerge as far stronger than their more elite peers, where students often find their course support is from teaching assistants rather than professors.

These changes will likely not see the crumbling of Oxbridge, the Sorbonne, Pisa, the Ivy League, or other elite institutions: their reputations have been built over centuries, and their capacity to attract the best brains and manage substantial resources will last. Their grip may even be enhanced as they use technology to engage more actively with their alumni more interested in life-long learning, and convene a broader range of speakers and students.

But educational disruption will foster greater democratization in access and more flexibility in training to far wider groups of individuals throughout their lives. It will open up access to education to different levels of society, and reflect the growing needs for adaptation during an evolving lifetime of work and leisure.

The march of technology is not neutral: while it has benefits, it will bring many practical and ethical questions. Alienation through limited human interaction, the risks of violations of privacy in learning, and the wider stresses of mental health will all require the balance of a more humane human touch.

That will spark demand for new forms of in-person contact, new experiences during periods away from work or home, and new formats partly disconnected from formal learning – or connected to it in different ways. That is where some of the greatest innovation and human creativity will be required.

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1. Widely Spread Homeschooling Approach

Due to the need to give education more individual approach, the priority will be given to homeschooling. Students will be able to study and learn what they want, when they want, and for as long as they want. It will also give more physical, emotional and religious freedom as well as opportunity to spend more time with family. 

• Significantly less money is spent on homeschooling than on an average public school.
• A school environment is more favorable at home. Peer pressure, competition, boredom, and bullies are no longer the part of an education process.

Statistics:  

• There are approximately 2.3 million home-educated students in the United States. This is about 2 million children homeschooled.
• Parents of homeschooled children save $27 billion that would be spent on taxes annually if their children attended public school.
• Statistics says that home educated graduates read more, understand politics better and are more involved in their community.

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2. Personalized Learning

Students will cover the material with study tools adapted to capabilities of a student. As a result, students will be challenged with harder tasks and questions when a certain level is achieved. Those who experience difficulties with a subject will get the chance to practice more until they reach the required level.

• Individual, self-paced curriculum enabling comfortable and effective learning.
• Learning environment that adheres to student’s needs.
• Technologies that enriches learning potential and boost creativity.
• Frequent skills checks that help to be in a constant study progress.

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• 93% of education professionals agree that personalized pacing helps students close achievement gaps and accelerate learning.
• 94% of education professionals say that students improved their academic performance after technologies became incorporated into classroom.

3. More E-learning Platforms

With the help of technology, the way knowledge is passed on will undergo significant shift towards online platforms. Learning will incorporate virtual reality and multiple perspectives. New platforms will give students an opportunity to learn how to negotiate issues and exchange ideas online. It is the right way to online education.

• More E-learning platforms are affordable for people with limited budget.
• Distant learning enables to mix study, work and family duties, and maintain the balance between them.
• Physical presence is not required, so learning becomes affordable in any corner of the world.
• In 2016, The Babson Survey Research Group reported that 28 percent of all U.S. college students attended at least one class over the internet.
• 39% of all adults say the format’s educational value is equal to the traditional course taken in a classroom.
• 71% of students think that virtual learning provides more flexibility and freedom to take classes.

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4. No Physical Campuses

There will probably be no campuses as we know them today. Learning won’t be limited to a physical school. Traveling classrooms and the real world environment will be a new campus. However, city libraries and city laboratories will remain to help students complete their projects.

• Students are no longer dependent upon a certain place and are able to study wherever they are.
• Students become closer to nature as they have a chance to spend more time out of the classroom.
• Unlimited study space makes students more open to the world around facing its real challenges.
• Evidence proved that mental health and general well-being of children improve while taking part in practical activities conducted outdoors.
• The study indicates that children who have taken part in Forest Schools showed a significantly higher pro-environmental attitude than those who have not.

5. Project-Based Learning & Rise of Edtech in the Classroom

Games that help kids code, toys which teach robotics, and various apps for teachers to efficiently deliver information to students will become common. Technologies will facilitate teaching and learning process. Learning will come to be more creative and practical. Students will be assessed on critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Taking tests will be replaced by students’ performance through creative projects.

• Project-based learning combines creativity and collaboration to problem solve difficult questions and tasks.
• PBL provides real world connection, structured collaboration, core to learning and multifaceted assessment.
• Edtech in schools improves digital literacy enabling students to master technical skills such as coding.
• Learning through reading or lecture videos and doing project or discussing what was learned in the classroom is possible only through Edtech.
• Ed tech makes grading much easier. There are tons of EdTech tools that enables automated grade calculation and measuring student progress.
• 86% of teachers believe it’s essential to use edtech in the classroom.
• 96% of teachers are convinced edtech increases student's motivation for learning.
• 92% of teachers say they are willing to use even more edtech in the classroom than they already do.

6. Teacher as a Guide

The role of a teacher will be not only to pass the knowledge but also to identify student’s strengths, interests and values. Their primary job will be to guide students in the areas where they need guidance as innovators.

• Teachers perform as facilitators to support students in developing their way of thinking and learning.
• Teachers develop learning plans for students to obtain all necessary set of skills to be adaptable to whatever career paradigm that will emerge.
• According to the report from The New Teacher project, teachers need to “rethink their pedagogies and curriculum in ways that enable students to customise their paths.”
• It is predicted to have an increase in teachers' technological-pedagogical content knowledge including three key components: technology, pedagogy and content.

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7. Social and Emotional Skills as a Priority

To thrive in the workplace of the future, skills such as creativity, collaboration, communication and problem-solving will become must-have competencies for future specialists as the market will see a huge increase in jobs requiring a mentioned set of skills.

• In the classroom, students are taught SEL skills through discussions, cooperative group work, problem-solving and group reflection.
• Parents also encourage children to develop SEL skills by remaining involved in their child’s education and providing a safe environment that will foster their further development.
• Extracurricular activities such as sports and music perform as accelerators for quicker SEL skills attainment.
• According to a 2011 meta-analysis, those who took part in evidence-based SEL programs demonstrated an 11 percentile-point gain in academic achievement compared to students who did not participate in SEL programs.
• A 2015 national study found that early prosocial skills decreased problems with education, employment, criminal activity and substance use.

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In the future, the classroom will change greatly, reflecting social and technological changes penetrated our society. In the future, a great layer of information and varieties of technology will be available, so the classroom of the future is a virtual classroom: e-classroom and e-learning (Nelson et al. 2006). In contrast to the modern education system, where the Internet is used as a supportive context for extending student inquiries, in the future, the Internet and Intranets will be used as a core of education and learning. Wireless, seamless networking of devices as disparate as mobile phones, PCs, personal organizers, and televisions will be the norm, and the expectation will be that this works well and that it happens as if by magic. Access will be everywhere; at home, in the workplace, on holiday, in both public (public sites will vary from Internet cafes to public libraries) and private (home access, subscriber clubs) (Sanchez 2007). It will be as ‘natural’ for students to access information as it is for us to access electricity.

In a virtual classroom, there will be multiple levels of possible collaboration. The primary focus will be on helping students in the same classroom become a community of learners, a team of inquirers who listen carefully to each other, challenge, and encourage–in short, who learn together. This type of interaction, and the kind of dialogue that characterizes it, does not spontaneously occur among students over the network (Classroom of the Future, 2006). In fact, it does not spontaneously occur in the classroom either but requires active involvement by the teacher. E-books and e-textbooks, re-writing books, and e-tests will be part of the classroom and education. The students will be graded automatically according to their participation and learning progress. These techniques will help teachers to coordinate, direct and guide the efforts of students toward the achievement of learning goals and objectives (Nelson et al. 2006). Some critics describe the school of the future as ‘chairless school’ complete with “standing” desks and a host of sophisticated of learning technologies” (Classroom of the Future, 2006). This approach will help to overcome such problems as obesity and increase physical activities.

Within this process, effective communication has a great influence on analytical skills and the decision-making process as a part of the educational process. The classroom of the future will also be based on communication and interaction between a teacher and a student. Thus, all interaction and communication will be online (virtual conferences). “Teachers will build lesson plans around information on classroom websites” (Sanchez, 2007). In the future, all students will interact in real-time in a graphic world (like a computer game) where they are either assigned a role or create their own role to play within the environment. Class discussions and learning will take place in the virtual environment. A young person registering in an education center will begin a lifelong contract where his or her learning is not time delimited but grows richer and deeper throughout life. Influenced by technologies and innovative solutions classroom will never be the same: it will evolve with science and Information Technologies.

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Our world is at a unique juncture in history, characterised by increasingly uncertain and complex trajectories shifting at an unprecedented speed. These sociological, ecological and technological trends are changing education systems, which need to adapt. Yet education has the most transformational potential to shape just and sustainable futures. UNESCO generates ideas, initiates public debate, and inspires research and action to renew education. This work aims to build a new social contract for education, grounded on principles of human rights, social justice, human dignity and cultural diversity. It unequivocally affirms education as a public endeavour and a common good.

No trend is destiny...Multiple alternative futures are possible... A new social contract for education needs to allow us to think differently about learning and the relationships between students, teachers, knowledge, and the world.

Our work is grounded in the principles of the 2021 report “Reimagining Our Futures Together: A New Social Contract for Education” and in the report’s call for action to consolidate global solidarity and international cooperation in education, as well as strengthen the global research agenda to reinforce our capacities to anticipate future change.

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In 2019 UNESCO Director–General convened an independent International Commission to work under the leadership of the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. President Sahle-Work Zewde, and develop a global report on the Futures of Education. The commission was charged with carefully considering inputs received through the different consultation processes and ensuring that this collective intelligence was reflected in the global report and other knowledge products connected with the initiative.

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Our foresight work, looking towards 2050, envisions possible futures in which education shapes a better world. Our starting point is observation of the multiple, interlocking challenges the world currently faces and how to renew learning and knowledge to steer policies and practices along more sustainable pathways.The challenges are great. But there are reasons for optimism, no trend is destiny.

Our work responds to the call of the International Commission on the Futures of Education to guide a new research agenda for the futures of education. This research agenda is wide-ranging and multifaceted as a future-oriented, planet-wide learning process on our futures together. It draws from diverse forms of knowledge and perspectives, and from a conceptual framework that sees insights from diverse sources as complementary rather than exclusionary and adversarial.

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