Educational System in a Globalized World

When we say 21st Century Students that means these individuals are apt and prepared to use the world’s digital technology. These individuals are ready and have adapted the “Five Minds of the Future” by Gardner (2010). These 21st century students adapted: The disciplined mind, synthesizing mind, the creating mind, the respectful mind, and the ethical mind. We must call for a change to realign our educational system for 21st century students. Educational system must adapt the technology changes to fit in with the need of 21st century students. Pearlman (2010) stated that we must design new learning environment to support 21st century skills emerging in technology. “If these changes are real, then schools are now enabled to move away from teacher-directed whole-group instruction to create learner centered workplaces for a collaborative culture of students at work. Many new schools designs in the United States and the United Kingdom have done this. A review of best practice illuminates these new 21st century learning environments and school facilities to help school designers and developers and education, civic, and business leaders launch the next generation of innovative schools” (p. 118). We must stress creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and so on that Brook (2012) stated we are to develop a constructive interactive classroom that would drawn students’ interest in participating discussion (pp.1-2).