How to Teach a Generation who Cannot Focus?

             
            The future generation education is at our doorsteps. Students that are digital natives who learned to use mobile phones before speaking. Kids who cannot focus for more than five minutes. On the other side, old teachers who insist on teaching through old methods without using technology. Next to these old teachers, are fresh minded young teachers and candidates, confused as to how they will deal with future obstacles. Dear readers, welcome to 21st Century education. In this blog, I will share my thoughts and opinions on new generation students and education as a teacher candidate.  

  As a future teacher, I am very much worried about new generation students. Their attention span has been damaged by consuming short length but high quantities of content in digital space. It will be extremely difficult to get them to sit for 40 minutes in a classroom listening to a teacher. That’s why future and current teachers will have to utilise more and more tools, activities, and technology to catch and sustain their focus. In future it will be up to young teachers to develop new tactics and pedagogies for these new students.

            Technology usage must be optimised in future classrooms for new generation students. They were 2-3 years old when they learned how to use a mobile phone. They will be more digital natives than us, future teachers are. Governments and states around the world will have to invest in more technological tools for their schools.

            Considering all mentioned, future teachers must do more research and studies, read more about 21^st century education and observe new generations to prepare for new challenges that awaits them.

            Thanks for reading and walk tall.