THE EDUCATION 20 YEARS FROM NOW. COLOMBIA
INTRODUCTION
It is known that the
level of the education in Colombia is lowest than the level in other develop places
in the world. Also, it is known there
are big efforts in the government of Colombia to improve the education level
and this efforts follow the politics and the experiences of other countries
with successful results like the OECD countries (Publishing,
2013) . But, in 20 years, what will be a successful
result in education for Colombia? Trying
to get a reply for this question, I consulted several sources and I have found good
news for our future generations.
A NICE FUTURE
FOR ALL. COLOMBIA, THE BEST EDUCATED
Weeks ago, I was at one of the laboratories of the Antioquia University with two PhD´s analyzing a
topic of my work. One of them was old
man with almost 80 years (I did need much experience), the other, a young woman
with less than 30. Casually, this couple could be a sample of this kind of
people in the country, considering the age and gender. While we were working, we talked about the
situation for the PhD´s in Colombia: There are not enough places to work in the
companies for a PhD person and the salaries are so low considering the time, the
effort for this kind of education and the specialization of the knowledge. I thought at first, I agree, Colombia has a
big problem spending a lot of money in PhD´s that leave the country searching
work relating with their knowledge and well paid. But later I thought, there is something
wrong in this idea. The PhD formation
has a weakness, because this people know much about their topics, but they
don´t know how to take advantage of their knowledge in the land of the
opportunities. This could be a result of
the low level of the education in Colombia, even the PhD´s have their problem.
Fortunately, (I am
optimistic) this situation could be changed in the future. No for the next year, but in 20 years could
be so different with the work that the government in Colombia is doing.
When people
imagine the education in 20 years, they could be focusing in the changes in the
technology. I believe that the
technology will have an important role in the education in the future and it is
difficult imagine how will specifically be, because it changes so fast every
day (Cromwell, 1998) .
But, there are several
important things to considerer for the education more than the technology
evolution. I think that is more
interesting the question, what will people learn in 20 years? Now, there are a lot of information and a lot
of ways to get it but the competences to analyzing it and proposing something with
basic information are poor.
In the future, I think
that people will learn to create knowledge with support of the teachers and
with basic information, the teachers will stimulate the innovation competence
and the motivation for the entrepreneurship; the teamwork and the practicing of
the social skill in several simulated environments will be important; the assessment
of the level of the knowledge will be made testing the performance of the
students when they attempt to solve the problems of the real world. (Cromwell,
1998) .
This kind of model of
education is worked for the OECD (Publishing, 2013) . It wouldn’t be the best of the world, but it
is better than the Colombian model. The
OECD studies about the education show how it is direct related with the levels
of economic development of the countries and how it helps with reducing the
level of inequality between people. (Publishing, 2013) . Colombia has objectives related with the
education politics of the OECD and UN (Publishing, 2013) (UN, 2016) . Because that, Colombia has done the PISA test
in the last years (Republica, 2014) . Now, Colombia has a low (almost the worst)
level in the education ranking of the countries, but there is a strong decision
of the government for working hard to achieve a better education as a factor to
improving the economic conditions of our country in the future. Because of, the government is working in
several topics like: building more schools to have students studying more time
at day; increasing the knowledge and skills of the teachers and made assessment
to them; supporting the teaching of English for linking people with the
world; and supporting economically people with high performance and little
money to study (MINEDUCACION, 2016) . This is, definitely, the way to a better
education for our country, then in 20 years we could see the results of this huge
effort. The PhDs of the future could be
happy enjoying in their own country a work well paid for their specialized
knowledge. And it is possible that this
work could be in their own company.
CONCLUSION
All in all, Colombia
is in the way of changing the model of education. Colombia wants to be the best educated
country in Latino America. The
successful of this effort we could see in the future in the economic results
and the values of people. Our people
will learn to be more human, efficient, critic, considerer with our
environment, innovator and entrepreneur.
There won´t be more people that won’t know what to do with their
knowledge.
BIBLIOGRAFÍA
Cromwell, S.
(01 de 12 de 1998). Education World. Obtenido de The School of the Future:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr046.shtml
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(2016). MINEDUCACION. Obtenido de
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Publishing, O. (2013). OECD. Obtenido de How´s Life? At a Glance,
in How´s Life? 2013: Meassuring Well-being:
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/economics/how-s-life-2013/how-s-life-at-a-glance_how_life-2013-6-en#page1
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L. (2 de Abril de 2014). La Republica. Obtenido de Colombia está a 101
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