Active & Cooperative Learning Preparing Our Students For Knowledge Society
Active & Cooperative Learning Preparing Our Students For Knowledge Society

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of globalization is a unanimous feature of contemporary society. It states that there are only various cultures always in the plural; their variety is an endless source of refreshing our vision of the words and of defining individuals and humanity. This perspective is also reflected on the learning process and identifies it at all the levels of social organization, from the individual to the society. Learning now means change and communication: its processes are generated by the individuals’ need to change and to exchange views with each other. The aim of tomorrow’s education is thus to build students who are aware of their talents, who can set their own goals, who are ready to take risks, who can establish plans according to their priorities, who can evaluate their own work and progress and who can step forward with their creative ideas. Active and cooperative learning are, therefore, the most important educational tools that can be employed in order for our students to face successfully the challenges of the knowledge society of the 21st century. The diversified methods incorporated by these strategies will help build not only proficient students, but also complex and skilled individuals who will later belong to social groups such as families and work teams, the main societies in which they will spend most of their time and perform their activities.

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