What sort of world will students of the future live in?

1. What it takes to be an effective teacher in the year 2010 and beyond.... What sort of world will students of the future live in? There is no way to predict what the future will hold for the education system. Educators can only learn to be prepared, flexible and to plan in regard to emerging trends (Joan Whitehead, 2003). Educators must be prepared to work with a generation who value technology, their natural environment and family values. Future students of the education system may see little need to learn literacy skills to survive in the emerging digital world. Educators will be affected and challenged by such a revolution Although society spends large amounts of time communicating digitally, they will still desire human interaction. .(Friends of Libraries Australia, 2002) This will effect children dramatically and schools will need to focus on an epidemic of socially deprived children with national implications similar to those of the obesity epidemic.

2. What it takes to be an effective teacher in the year 2010 and beyond.... Working and Learning in the Future • "Unfortunately, new technologies are no panacea for problems in education and by themselves they at most enable, rather than create, change. It is ironic that the research showing how powerful computers can be ultimately brings us back to the idea that it is teachers who make the difference." (Bruce, 2002, p. 17). • “As human encounters are rapidly being replaced by electronic transactions, our sense of connection with each other is being eroded” (Friends of Libraries Australia, 2002) • It is in the best interests of students to be able to know how they learn and to teach themselves to understand and use new technologies.(Churches, 2008)

3. What it takes to be an effective teacher in the year 2010 and beyond.... Behaviourism Definition • “Behaviourism is a theory that explains learning in terms of observable behaviours and how they’re influenced by stimuli from the environment. It defines learning as a relatively enduring change in observable behaviour as a result of experience.” (Eggen & Kauchak, 2010) Weaknesses • Behaviourism theory has its limitations. It can not explain higher order thinking and is considered ineffective in its use as a learning theory. (Eggen & Kauchak, 2010) • Intrinsic motivation will be more useful to students then behaviour driven learning. Strengths • While behaviourism is not effective in teaching practices it is most commonly used for creating a positive learning environment and forming positive behaviour patterns (Eggen & Kauchak, 2010). • Classroom management is one area that behaviourism theory is widely used by educators.

4. What it takes to be an effective teacher in the year 2010 and beyond.... Behaviourism for Classroom Management Avoiding a Stimulus e.g. Removal of a potential punisher following good behaviour. Adding a Stimulus e.g. Praising students Reinforcement Positive Negative Using Behaviourism for Effective Classroom Management Punishment Antecedents Punishers are not effective in promoting positive behaviour. However they can be necessary in reducing undesirable behaviour and should be used sparingly. “ Stimuli that precede and induce behaviours” (Eggen & Kauchak, 2010. P. 173) e.g. Environmental Stimuli Teacher behaviour Prompts & Cues e.g. Timeouts Detention Removal of Privileges