Future Educational Trends: What to Expect in 2022

Future Educational Trends: What to Expect in 2022

In today’s world, the pace of change in education is astounding. New technology continues to personalize classes that cater to individual needs, promoting inclusivity and encouraging confidence amongst students. With new practices being developed, new ideas being explored and new technologies enabling us to rethink how learning happens, it is important to evaluate how future educational trends are implemented at our Calgary private elementary school. From tech-enhanced classrooms to personalized learning techniques, the following are the top education trends that we are following in our bid to create the highest-quality, technology-forward, STEM-focused learning environment.

Education in the Digital Age

While the era of smart boards and computers remains central to the learning curriculum, they are no longer looked at as tools, but as technologies of personalization that build on each student’s strengths to promote a rich learning environment.

According to Paul of CPS,

“Technology resources have become front-and-center instead of an option for teaching and learning. Teachers had to unlock the potential of using technology in order to keep learning afloat this year, and that has changed everything in their approach to whole-class, independent and group learning. It was necessary.”

Advancing itself out of necessity, technology has grown to become a vital, core component of a quality education program. The future has become increasingly digital. Asasa Academy’s Airdrie, Pinetown and Northmount classrooms provide up-to-date learning and teaching technologies refined for the modern curriculum. Education is a networked system in the digital age, as teachers are better able to support different types of learners, connect students to the real world and encourage collaboration.

Personalized Learning

Personalized learning has gained traction as technology provides the tools that allow teachers to input increased individualization into education. The RAND Corporation asserted the findings that personalized learning is integral to a quality education, stating that students across 60 personalized learning schools outperformed students attending more traditional-based schools.

Our teachers are able to provide meaningful learning experiences by encouraging interaction through technology. Personalized learning maintains the same goals of our advanced curriculum, yet allows students to attain such goals through their individual strengths to learn at their own pace. This way, our teachers are able to assess their needs according to their learning strategy.

Personalized learning is one way educators can provide an individualized educational experience for all students, no matter their academic abilities or needs. For this reason, it is one of the most important trends for education in 2022.

Gamification

Educational trends continue to shift towards the capabilities created by technology. Throughout primary school, our Calgary private school teachers aim to create a curriculum that is as enriching as it is exciting. Gamification is an emerging trend that sees teachers utilize the attraction of games to make non-gamelike activities fun for learning.

The gamification of learning involves infusing interaction, engagement and a rewarding experience into an academic activity. Gamification can increase engagement and motivate learners by increasing the use of audiovisual material to enhance the learning process. At Asasa Academy, our teachers develop a well-rounded, exciting education that uses the processes of gamification to make academic pursuits enjoyable.

The Importance of STEM Fields

STEM fields are one of the fastest-growing topics of focus in education. As students develop strong digital abilities, opportunities for a career in high-tech innovations are limitless. Asasa Academy supports STEM pursuits by integrating key learning ventures within our advanced curriculum. By building strong math and language skills, we pair our curriculum with problem solving activities provided by technology.

To nurture STEM capabilities, we also focus on arts, drama and music to grow creativity. It is with this creative focus that the entrepreneurial establishment of STEM is enhanced through the combination of technology, innovation and fun.

Science, technology, engineering, and math are the future of the job market. As a result, there is an increased focus on STEM outcomes within educational institutions. Whether students grow into STEM fields or not, they will bring their problem solving, communication and critical thinking skills with them.

Technologizing Education

In the span of 22 years of the 21st century, technology has radically changed society and thus the focus of education. At Asasa Academy’s private elementary school, our teachers implement the trends of education that have grown with technology. Our teachers utilize the flexibility and opportunity for enhanced personalization that provides an enriching learning experience for each student. We aim to make education as exciting as possible by leveraging technology is the most engaging manner possible.

Technology is not just a tool to be used in the classroom, but a priority within our curriculum through a focus on STEM and Information Technology. Asasa Academy’s programs have an in-house computer lab that students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 use to learn foundations in technology, enhance their learning and develop skills on various tech platforms. To see our computer labs and get a greater sense of how technology informs Asasa’s dynamic curriculum, schedule a private tour.