The Three Eras of Education

This chapter was very informative and insightful. It did a very good job on informing me on how our system has changed from the apprenticeship era to the Industrial Revolution era and how we are moving into the life-long learning era. This is also my chapter that I will be presenting on. I think the expectations, the content, the pedagogy, and the assessment topics are the most important to focus on. In regards to expectations, people are able to focus on what they want to learn for themselves. This section stated that enforcing specific standards to follow just limits a person's learning, and this point sums up something that I have felt ever since I chose to become an educator. So, I will remember this and account for this in my future as an educator. Also, the section on assessment discussed how in the life-long learning era the summative and formative assessment begin to intertwine, like in the apprenticeship era. When using a computer based program, the assessment is ongoing. The program will provide support while a person is completing a task by assisiting you if you need the help,and it will inform you when you make a mistake and it helps lead you to the correct answer. This embedding assessment is obviously more effective, and this is something that all teachers should recognize and apply. As educators, we should always keep in mind this evolving change to life-long learning and incorporate this into our classroom or more importantly, instill this in our future students.