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The Importance Of Education In Education

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Do schools meet the needs of the students that come out of our current system? It has been a question in debate for a very long time. As the pace of change in society excellerates it is imperative to reexamine if we are meeting the needs of students of the 21st century and it has become increasingly clear that we are not. Critics of the system write scathing accounts of how schooling is harming children and society by teaching conformity instead of the critical thinking skills they purport to teach. In response to the criticism, some schools in Canada have worked hard at reforms and have reexamined their basic practices in order to try and bridge the gap between what 21st century learners need and what is being currently offered in …show more content…

14). Regardless of whether or not one thinks the whole system is rotten, some of the results of the examinations of schooling has proven to be deeply unsettling. Educators and policy makers have been hard at work trying to bridge the gap between what is needed for 21st century citizens and how schools meet those needs. It will be a difficult path to reform but it is necessary to change in order to meet the needs of the students who are currently coming out of the school system today.
Reform is necessary to meet the needs of students in the 21st Century. However, large scale change is difficult to achieve and requires thoughtful processes in order to make sure that any helpful changes will actually stick. In Alberta, secondary schools are trying a project called “High School ReDesign” and it has been difficult to sustain. High schools are particularly difficult to change because of the interconnectedness of the system itself. (Milton, 2015, p. 13). The goal of Highschool Redesign is to “change mindsets” in order for learning to be more student centered (Alberta Education, 2017). The program is designed to put the student at the center of the learning and create a space for her/him to grow organically as a learner Some schools have created flex time during the day so that students can focus their time on the things they deem to be important. Peace River School Division in northern Alberta is one such school

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