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Macgilchrist et al. (2020) put forward scenarios for future education to promote inquiry. Research is inevitably part of making speculations about the future more or less likely (Macgilchrist et al., 2020). Thus, I will write a speculative essay to contribute to a more humanized future in technical and vocational education and training (TVET).
Mainly, I will explore new pedagogical blends for more humanized and relational forms of learning (Educause, 2021) for TVET education. The 2020 and 2021 Educause Horizon Reports show the need to focus on flexibility and social dimensions to support students, faculty, and staff health (Educause, 2021). The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated mental health issues (Educause, 2021). The COVID-19 pandemic also exposed the need for TVET to modernize teaching practices (Vinden et al., 2021).
Transforming TVET teaching practices is needed to engage in digital pedagogies. For example, low digital fluency skills added stress when adapting to digital environments during COVID-19 (Vinden et al., 2021). According to Vinden et al. (2021), COVID-19 brought about innovation, mainly with the use of new digital tools. Macgilchrist et al. (2020) compared current debates about education to those of the 1920s when film was introduced as an educational tool. However, the new device did not transform education (Macgilchrist et al., 2020). My speculative essay will consider how pedagogical blends, including a pedagogy of care, may build on COVID-19 innovations to transform TVET education.
References
2020 Educause Horizon Report: Teaching and learning edition. EDUCAUSE. (2020, March 2). https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/3/2020-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition
2021 Educause Horizon Report: Teaching and learning edition. EDUCAUSE. (2021, April 26). https://library.educause.edu/resources/2021/4/2021-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition
Macgilchrist, F., Allert, H., & Bruch, A. (2019). Students and society in the 2020s. Three future ‘histories’ of education and technology. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(1), 76–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2019.1656235
Vinden, S., Flinn, C., & Carson, T. (2021, May 17). Strengthening Digital Teaching & Learning for trades, vocational, education and training practitioners. BCcampus. https://bccampus.ca/2021/05/12/strengthening-digital-teaching-learning-for-trades-vocational-education-and-training-practitioners/