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The Future of EducationMain MenuThe Future of EducationTable of Contents1. Prologue: Is School Useless?Issues in Contemporary Education2. Interdisciplinary EducationWhy Do We Need Interdisciplinary Studies?Interdisciplinarity Example: Environmental StudiesInterdisciplinarity Example 2: Digital HumanitiesHow Many Courses at McGill Are 'Really' Interdisciplinary?Interdisciplinary Learning: Linear Reading & HyperreadingBrain Synchronization and CreativityThe Value of Liberal Arts EducationAnticipated Problems in Interdisciplinary Education3. Digital EducationThe Growing Importance of Digital EducationMulti-versity: Beyond Physical Space and TimeVR: Beyond Physical Space and TimeVR Facilitates the Learning EffectivenessThe First Day of School in VRThe AI: Beyond the SelfAnticipated Problems in Digital Education4. Curriculum for the Future1) Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning2) Enhance Real-World Skills in the Classroom3) Apply the Socratic Method in All Stages of Education4) Provide more Field Education Opportunities to High School/College Students5) Devise New Evaluation Methods5. Discussion QuestionsJun Kof310f9e8d9023e23b07c2bdbfe5f1836d450b8a1
As Katherine Hayles argued, by citing the research of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), there is the correlation between decreased literary reading and poorer reading ability. And decreased print reading is intimately related to the use of technology (Hayles, 2010).
Relevant reading: Mark Bauerlein's offensively titled The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans (2009)
The Opposite Results?
- The Flynn Effect might be able to be explained by the increased use of technology in the 20th century. The Flynn Effect is the substantial and long-sustained increase in both fluid and crystallized intelligence test scores that were measured in many parts of the world over the 20th century (Baker et al., 2015).
- VR education can contribute 101% percent increase in the learning effectiveness. Here, we talked about it.
Conclusion
As I already discussed in the section on Interdisciplinary Education, both linear reading and hypperreading are important.
________ References
Baker, David P.; Eslinger, Paul J.; Benavides, Martin; Peters, Ellen; Dieckmann, Nathan F.; Leon, Juan. "The cognitive impact of the education revolution: A possible cause of the Flynn Effect on population IQ". Intelligence. 49: 144–58, 2015. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289615000082?via%3Dihub
Buerlein, Mark. The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans. TarcherPerigee, 2009.
Hayles, Katherine. "How We Read: Close, Hyper, Machine" in ADE Bulletin, 2010.
