Schooling for the future

Virtual classrooms are ICT immersion environments where teachers use technology to teach students from different physical locations—which might mean that they use the opportunities of ICT to enable collaborative Web 2.0 learning. This article looks at how virtual classes operate in reality, and what we can learn about how to move towards 21st century ways of learning.

Constructive developmental theory examines and describes the way people grow and change over the course of their lives.

The author looks at New Zealand schools and discusses:

• the special demands on teachers because of our self managing schools system
• impacts of curriuculum innovations
• impacts of the ageing workforce, and
• implications for change.

Fictional article written from the perspective of a senior secondary student from the year 2030.

Inspired by the NZCER book  Disciplining and drafting or 21st century learning? Rethinking the New Zealand senior secondary curriculum for the future.