Why should we think deeply about future education?
There are many plausible reasons for this.For example, the world is facing unprecedented changes, and the future of education can give us a head start.But this is not the first time mankind has faced such a topic. The crisis in human society is the norm and may take a different form, but it is by no means unique to the 21st century.For example, the technological revolution has changed life essentially, and following past educational patterns will drag back social development.But the scientific and technological revolution is far from the stage of changing the thinking of traditional civilization.
Can we think from another perspective: How important is education in the future education?
Learning for the future embodies a human anxiety.What the animal world needs is stability, and their lifestyle can be adapted to the environment for hundreds of millions of years without significant evolution.And we humans take a deep-use resource development model, that is, the model of civilization, this need far exceeds the needs of other species.Corresponding to civilization is the evolution and development of human thought, which is now galloping forward in the form of runaway horses and running away from the living body.There is even an illusion that man really wants to free his mind from the bondage and misery of his body.This is the philosophical basis for the emergence of the meta-cosmos.
The ultimate goal of the so-called meta-cosmos is to realize the settlement of the mind after it is detached from the body.In the meta-cosmic world, the feeling to fake chaos true, let people obsessed.Many people have auctioned off the virtual land of the meta-cosmos for more than they thought it would be incomprehensible.Simply put, this is a kind of enclosure movement in virtual space.Theoretically, the meta-cosmos can be developed indefinitely, just like mobile apps can be developed indefinitely.But its underlying proponents are real people in physical space.The low-level resources are limited, which determines that the meta-cosmos will also be a scarce resource.It's a bit like early-morning immigration.When the earliest immigrants settled, the latter would tend to go there, because in the context of life, learning to work and communication were structured.Therefore, whoever first occupied the early social stratum of the meta-cosmos took the initiative and could attract more people from the underlying physical world to participate.
Another layer of metiverse purpose is strong commercial motivation.I've participated in a few small meta-cosmic discussions, and each time, apart from technology, the meta-cosmic developer was proud of the huge business opportunities of the meta-cosmos.From a commercial point of view, I think the metiverse is successful because reality is proving it.However, I am worried about the motivation of the meta-cosmos developers and the negative effects of the meta-cosmos.
Taking Yuan-Wu as an example, I draw my thoughts on future education, and I hold a wait-and-see attitude towards any educational concept with technology at the core.
When it comes to future education, we cannot help but mention UNESCO and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.Both of them actively think about the core and future of human education from the perspective of global view and human whole, and the frequency of renewal of ideas is very fast.The OECD, for example, proposed in 1997 that education should go beyond "knowledge itself," with the goal of developing "core human literacy."In 2019, UNESCO launched the "Future of Education" initiative.In 2021, it further published "Revising Our Future Together: A New Social Contract for Education", which emphasizes the right to lifelong education and the idea of education as an intentional public service and a public interest.
At the level of international organizations, we certainly cannot force those international organizations to think about the specific problems of course.However, this frequent change of macro-ideas has not brought more impetus to global education, but rather embodies the perplexity of human education.On different levels of educational technology, philosophy and philosophy, mixing up and reading too much makes people feel dizzy and unimportant.What worries me most is that in a few years the two organizations will come up with some new and novel concepts, which may give people the impression that they are putting forward concepts for the purpose of putting them forward.It is common for some high-level organizations to suggest that they should not push ahead, because the former is easy to do, while the latter requires practitioners to do so.
In other words, UNESCO and the OECD's frequent proposition of ideas may also be a source of confusion in the global education community's thinking about the future of education.
To be fair, are the ideas proposed by the two organizations, such as "eco-man", wrong?Of course there is no mistake. But they ignore enforceability.We can use UNESCO and OECD concepts in the opposite direction to take seriously the problems encountered in human education.UNESCO's concept of the right to lifelong education, for example.This shows that our society still has huge educational resources unfair.For example, the idea of education as an intentional public undertaking and a kind of public interest shows that the whole society is far from forming a consensus on education.Or use education as an investment capital, not as a public good.
Although the educational foundation mentioned above is emerging in some regions, it is still far from the foundation of future education, which needs to abandon many stunts and continue to improve the educational foundation facing humanity.
The above-mentioned educational concept of transcending knowledge is actually a simplified version of the human community.The core of communism is the fairness of all kinds of resources sharing, which leads to the all-round improvement of human morality and social idea, not the material pursuit, but the value orientation.Therefore, it is possible to define this educational community as a blueprint for education under the communist model.
The most important thing in thinking about the future of education is the reconstruction of educational philosophy.
Traditional education is a mode of transferring knowledge as a subject, thus promoting human accomplishment and moral level, and it has been handed down for thousands of years.This in itself illustrates the great vitality and potential of the model.Moreover, its potential has not yet been fully unleashed.Therefore, under such circumstances, it is necessary to put forward a new philosophy of education as a theoretical discussion, but really want to practice, will be met with a nose.Therefore, I understand the philosophy of education, in a long future time, must be guided by the consummation of traditional educational ideas, which is the most consistent with the stable transmission of human civilization.
The topic of knowledge education and quality-oriented education is not only a traditional topic, but also the biggest problem faced by the education circle of education.Until this problem is solved, one-sided pursuit of any aspect will be mistaken.Personally, I like the word "quality" and agree that quality education is an important mode of education, but it is not the only mode and purpose of education.As far as I am concerned, the purpose of human education is a mixture of practical purpose and personal value enhancement, which can be regarded as the pros and cons of education, never completely separated.
At present, the biggest problem in the education system is how to pass on knowledge effectively and how to develop people in an all-round way.Technologies and methods can indeed help to achieve this, and some new technologies are worth learning from.However, it is far from the level of so-called "new" disciplines.
The second is the requirement of education carrier.The educational carrier is divided into two parts: entity and virtual body.Physical carriers, such as universities, will certainly continue to develop, which is the society's demand for equitable growth in education.I predict that in the future, community colleges will continue to strengthen and permeate every corner.With the support of new technologies, the small collection model in remote areas will be promoted.This change is much easier to achieve in China.
In the area of virtual education, I do not predict that the expectations will be met for a long time.Education is not just a matter of individuals, but of nationality and survival.Virtual body education is unpredictable and has a great gap when considered from the social point of view.
In the teaching mode, I predict that the best model is to construct a systematic model of teacher-student teaching.No tool or technology can replace direct communication between teachers and students.Education is not just the indoctrination of knowledge, but also the collision of the mind.
In the face of future education, we have two parallel strategies.First, educational evolution does not depend on human will.The educational system will gradually adapt to the external environment.The second is to take the initiative to improve the present education system deficiencies, lay the foundation for future development.
Of all the predictions, two principles need to be established: 1) In the foreseeable future, human nature remains unchanged, resource inequality and corresponding conflicts persist, and 2) The ultimate goal of education is to make people live well.
The OECD predicts four educational scenarios for the future: expansion of school education, outsourcing of education, schools as learning centers, and 4.3% of the world's population.Boundless learning (LEARN-AS-YOU-GO).To be fair, this cannot be called prediction, but rather a combination of patterns.As a four-terminal element, future education should be a weighted combination of these.Schools are still the center of education, which is the foundation point for implementing a full-time lifelong education that connects with society.