Building the Learner’s Skills to Keep up with the Changing World

Abstract

In the world of the 21st century, the parents meet the changes in almost every dimension such as rapid communication among people worldwide, technology becoming an integral part of daily life, mobile phones serving as the hub of everything needed, robots collaborating more with humans.  As  children grow up, the world is bound to undergo even more significant changes.  With the rapid changes of technological, knowledge and technology also trend to change rapidly and lifestyles shift towards multi-stage paths.  With populations tending to live longer and having tendencies to work in more than one profession throughout their lives, equipping learners with skills to cope with changes in the world is crucial today. Rapid changes in the world demand the development of appropriate skills such as  critical thinking, data linkage, problem-solving, and collaboration with others.  Learners will be better able to adapt and integrate with the changing circumstances with these skills.  Hence, these skills are essential for continuous learning and career development in a challenging and highly possible future in today’s world.   

Therefore, learning from the education system only once for lifelong is not enough.  The learning format will transition to lifelong learning, focusing on developing the quality and standards of education, increasing educational opportunities and learning.  Moreover, the way of teaching and learning management must be changed to focus on skill development, analytical thinking processes, allowing the learners truly own their learning, along with changing methods of measuring and evaluating learning outcomes to be in line with  the learning management format.