“Futurologists” Should Replace “Teachers”
We’ve moved from Agriculture, to Industrial, to Technological. Now it’s time for the Quantum age.
Like dropping a Mentos candy into a 2-Liter of Coca-Cola, the pressure is building up for a change with roles and expectations of educators. Again. The same old approaches are being challenged more and more as we learn more and more. Totally appropriate. Given our current era, I would love to see more discussion and preparation for “futurologists” to potentially replace traditional “teachers.” I think it could benefit the next generation of learners and innovators. After all, the evolution across agriculture, industrial and technological (aka second industrial) revolutions happened, and we embraced the change with enthusiasm.
During the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, secondary school education was almost non-existent in the United States. To receive an education, you had to be from the privileged few while everyone else was working. Not to mention, teaching was primarily focused on raising basic literacy, religion and patriotism.