Children today are processing in a four dimensional world but schools are still two-dimensional, having been designed to serve an older generation. It’s time to step up and create the school of the future- today. This generation is tuned to technology and knows how to go about it. In the past, when one bought a computer- a few decades ago, it came with a massive tutor and guide that taught us how to install, fine tune and operate. On the other hand, when children download new software or acquire hardware today, they intuitively know how to operate it. In fact, many children are writing their software and games.
V MANJULA
Neural Educator
President and Founder,
Trustee Institute of Brain
and Behaviour Research
Foundation
What’s changed? It’s simpletheir brains are changed. It’s all about neural plasticity. Even our brains have changed but our children were born into the age of information-this Gen z baby is different. Our schools have to be different if we are to pass along the tools and cultural values that matter to us.
Modern schemes for teaching are still stuck in the industrial age thinking systems, with their conveyor belt mentality and measurement tools. Tomorrow’s schools will move rapidly to a place where children will co create their thinking systems, their learning systems, and their collaboration systems with teachers and parents who know how the human brain works and how children learn. There is no excuse today to not bring this information into all learning spaces.
We know that some children are genetically sensitive with high autonomic system reactivity that prompts them to question their self-worth. Rewarding or punishing these children is a huge mistake. Yet, when we co-create their learning environment these children are natural leaders, critical thinkers, and powerful contributors. We have demonstrated that children who used to be seen as at-risk children are just as capable as children who were born with deep and crisis-free resilience.
