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Chapter 5: Conclusion

Important Trends

1. Changing roles of teachers
2. Increase in student diversity
3. Blurring boundaries between disciplines
4. Widening disparities in society
5. Universal access to technology and the Internet

Resources

• Hourigan, R. (2006). Preparing teachers for a changing world. [Review of the book Preparing teachers for a changing world: What teachers should learn and be able to do, by L. Darling-Hammond & J.D. Bransford]. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 167, 77–85. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/40319292?sid=21105036582351&uid=3739448&uid=3737720&uid=2&uid=4.
• Mandzuk, D. (2014). At the crossroads of then and now. Teaching LIFE, 2, 3–4. http://intranet.umanitoba.ca/academic_support/catl/media/TeachingLIFE_Summer2014.pdf.
• OECD (2013). Trends shaping education. Paris: Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/trends-shaping-education-2013_trends_edu-2013-en.
• Ravitch, D. (2003, April 15). Does education really need more innovation in the age of scientifically based research? Presentation at the Innovations in Education conference. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/resources/20030415a.html.
• RSA Animate (2010). Changing education paradigms. [Animation of a speech given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson]. London: RSA. http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-changing-paradigms.
• The Conference Board of Canada. (n.d.) Employability skills 2000+. http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/education/learning-tools/employability-skills.aspx/a>.