TRANSLATOR - 5 elements
+ Innovation: Innovation is one of the engines that make society advance. In education, it is very important that there are constant innovations to improve what already exists. However, it always has to be socially accepted or there won´t be progress. An innovative school is what is sought with this type of activities. A progressive improvement of education and teaching and for this innovation is vital. Knowing how to detect, study and seek solutions to existing problems. There is a very conservative tendency in society that leads us to stay at the same point, a constant inertia over time. Innovation is not something punctual or something that happens at a specific moment, it is something that happens over time, it is altering the current reality and adapting to it. There are many authors who throughout history have introduced innovations and new approaches: Dewey, his conception of the democratic school and learning through experience, or Freinet with popular and cooperative pedagogy.
+ Students as Informed Consumers of Information : Provide students with tools so that they know how to distinguish the manipulations that are carried out with advertising, on social networks... Students need to develop a critical thinking to be capable of distinguish the lies and manipulation.Many times they try to sell us wrong concepts and the students create misconceptions that are very difficult to change because the students have created their mental structures under these myths.
+ Visualization : Visualization is strongly linked with learning. People learn better from combining visuals with text and sound than through using either process alone. Teaching students to communicate ideas through visuals is also important in today's world.Have the ability to extract a message through various channels and be able to interpret it. It is no longer just the written message but the combination of the two. In addition, there are many studies that have shown that it is a very important concept to be able to interpret the message.
+ Democratization of knowledge: This term was already used by philosophers in ancient times. It was said that knowledge could not belong to a few as this was a way of perpetuating the unfair and corrupt system. Everyone should have access to knowledge. We are in a century that is suitable for it since we have the internet, which is an infinite source of information and offer everyone many possibilities. This concept refers to knowledge for everyone, for all the people. Humanity has suffered great repressions throughout time and they are still happening today. Knowledge is something universal that belongs to the people and therefore education is in charge of transmitting that knowledge.
+ Participatory learning: Participation is similar to "taking part" and that is what learning is about. A process that is mediated through the interaction with other people and the exchange of information . For the learning process to take place efficiently, it is essential that the interaction between the different contexts is continuous. There are many visions within the psychology of education, such as constructivism. There is a branch called social constructivism that emphasizes how active participation and interaction between the different members of the learning process are essential. Collaboration is a more effective way to learn. It is about sharing what you know with others and that they do it with you, it is reciprocal. Social networks can be used to learn in groups and spread knowledge. It will also bring them closer to the laboral world where in many cases they will have to work with other people to achieve a common goal.
Are the 3 innovations enough to define or detail what education should be nowadays?
The 3 innovations capture very well many of the key points in the education of the 21st century. Critical thinking must have a fundamental role from the point of view of the formation of autonomous and self-sufficient people. The manipulation that exists today due to the internet, social networks and others is a serious problem for those who do not know how to distinguish it. However, there is a point that is not mentioned so much and is that knowledge must be based on the individual's own research, it must come from the student. Knowledge must start from the individual so thatare established and thus it does not become a "flash knowledge". Teachers must provide to the pupils a deep and meaningful learning using a variety of strategies.
Through the comic we want to show the usefulness of the use of new technologies based on the 3 reasons of the survey carried out in Cosn.
(1) to keep students interested and engaged in school,
(2) to meet the needs of different types of students,
3) to meet the needs of different types of students.