Read the article "Rethinking Teacher Roles in a New Networked World." In this article author-educator Marc Prensky's newest buzzword is "futurecation," which he says involves preparing students to do things "we could never do before." He believed that rather than continuing with a content focus—math, English, science, and social studies (or "MESS" as he calls it)—he said, "I think we need a new core: effective thinking, effective action, effective relationships, and effective accomplishment. Thinking, acting, relating, and accomplishing ought to be what primary and secondary school is about." Do you agree or disagree with his approach? How do you feel this approach would affect the way you teach now or will affect the way you teach in the future?
I believe that teachers should still be content focused but also add the new core. I cannot say that one way is more successful than the other, I would need more information on the new core. However, I believe that there should not be just one way of teaching, we always have to learn and change things about our teaching. I think that it would cause my future teaching to be less stressful since its not content focused. I also believe that it could help students since its requires thinking than focusing on various topics.
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