ED and INFO 2052: Oh, the places you'll go!
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Human daily life today – at work or home – would seem comfortably familiar to someone living in the United States 40 years ago, in 1972. In 2012, most adults still commute to work morning and evening, and work 5 days a week, 9 to 5. Most live in cities or suburbs3 in nuclear families, and engage in a wide range of recreational activities, e.g., reading, playing or listening to music, watching TV or movies, playing video games, gardening, hunting, hobbies, sports and travel [24]. Still, there are also some fundamental differences in human society and the experiences of individuals and groups. Many of the most visible changes relate to technology – computers, the Internet, cell and smart phones and the World Wide Web. Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media are the norm. The world is more networked than ever. We truly live in an instantly and continually connected global village – interdependent on each other economically, socially and culturally. American K-20 education in 2012 is also strikingly similar to 1972, but with some notable progress. For example, in terms of literacy, the CIA World Factbook [5] reports that 99% of the US population can read and write. And, based on US Census Department data, there is a marked increase in high school graduation: in 2009, more than 4 out of 5 (85%) of adults aged 25 and over reported having at least a high school diploma or its equivalent. This number was just 25% in 1940, 50% in 1967 and 75% 1986 [25]. However, schools today are organized and managed much as they were in 1972 – based on a mass-production, factory model with students divided up into grade levels and classrooms of 25– 40 students with one teacher, responding to bells or buzzers signaling when it is time to shuffle off to another activity. The content of education is a state-determined curriculum separated into subject areas
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Inf. Services and Use
دوره 32 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012