{"id":19453,"date":"2023-08-28T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/?post_type=article&p=19453"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:31:53","slug":"dreams-matter-for-teachers-too","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.educationperfect.com\/article\/dreams-matter-for-teachers-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams matter for teachers, too."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today\u2019s world demands so much more from teachers.<\/span><\/div>\n
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They must become aware of pedagogical theory, adapt their teaching and learning programmes to provide individualised differentiation, and help students to develop their social, emotional, and intellectual growth. This guidance is delicate, it is a new form of both relationship and instruction, and it bears the hallmarks of a true profession.<\/p>\n

Increasingly, experienced educators are turning to postgraduate study as a way of extending their abilities, and understanding how to best guide students through engaging learning experiences that have real-world relevance, and leverage technology to transform learning.<\/p>\n

Masters studies, postgraduate specialisations, and micro-credentials in digital and online learning technologies are all more accessible than ever and are playing a part in reinventing the role that a senior teacher plays in the world of education. This understanding of the complex dynamics of learning has a significant impact on programmes from the government level, through to individual students who benefit from the greater understanding that their teachers have.<\/p>\n

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Make no mistake, technology has irrevocably changed the role of the teacher, and has created a more nuanced definition of what it means to be an educator. The paradigm has shifted, and the teachers on the vanguard of that change, the educators expanding the horizons of educational research, are the leaders of tomorrow. With increased post-graduate education, research-based practice, and a greater understanding of the demands of modern life, the profession of teaching is undergoing a silent revolution.<\/p>\n

From raising literacy standards to gifted and talented education to the importance of cultural competence, the opportunity to undertake study is allowing teachers to not only research and implement best-practice but conduct studies that redefine the context of individualised education and join the conversation that is already in play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Exceptional teachers are leveraging the potential of education to follow their passions and to determine a course of study that takes their own areas of interest into account.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Curiosity is the foundation of learning. Sir Ken Robinson spoke of his view on the future of education in 2016:<\/p>\n

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We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and conformity and batching people. We have to move to a model that is based more on principles of agriculture. We have to recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical process\u2013it\u2019s an organic process. And you cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do, like a farmer, is create the conditions under which they will begin to flourish.<\/p>\n