The Educated Person in the 21st Century Sample Clauses

The Educated Person in the 21st Century. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx was a woman ahead of her time. In the early 20th century she stated, “What purpose would education serve in our days unless it helped man to a knowledge of the environment to which he has to adapt himself?” Xxx Xxxxxxxx, a noted futurist and New York Times bestselling author believes that by the middle of the 21st century there will be a “profound and disruptive transformation in human capability.” According to Kurzweil computing will not be limited to laptops and handheld devices. It will be environmental: “Computing will be everywhere: in the walls, in our furniture, in our clothing, and in our bodies and brains.”* He envisions a day when raw information will become a relatively common commodity that will literally be ‘downloadable’ into the brain. An educated person in the 21st century may have no use for schools that see themselves as being in the business of merely transmitting knowledge and information. Technology will do this far more efficiently. According to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, tomorrow’s schools “must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.” Students in the 21st century need to possess the ability to interact adaptively with their environment (including their peers) and utilize raw information to creatively solve complex human problems. 21st century schools will be about helping people maximize their inner potentials and experience purpose and meaning in life.