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The vast majority – 88% – of Russian teachers believe that the school in one way or another does not fully prepare students for the future life, follows from a study by YaKlass
What’s going on
- According to a study on the role of school and school education, conducted by the international educational company YaKlass (Trends has it), 88% of school teachers believe that school does not prepare children for real life.
- 11% of respondents say that the knowledge gained at school is not at all applicable in the future life, 77% – that only some of them are useful and suitable, and only 12% of respondents said that the school prepares children for life in modern society and meets the needs time.
- 37% of teachers named teaching children as the main function of the school. 34% – preparing the child for a future life outside the school, 16% – education and inculcation of moral values, 9% – socialization of schoolchildren, 4% – preparing students for admission to higher and secondary specialized educational institutions.
- Particular attention was paid to the issue of digitalization of education – 74% of teachers see digital educational resources as a necessary addition to classical learning formats, and only 6% of respondents stated that such resources are ineffective.
- The study was conducted in August 2021, 2 teachers from all over our country took part in it.
What does it mean
Education at school is an important stage in the socialization of a person and his further preparation for life. In this regard, educational programs in schools must adapt to the conditions of a rapidly developing world. The issue of modernizing the school curriculum in our country has been on the agenda for more than a year. On the one hand, some initiative groups are asking to include new subjects in the education of schoolchildren – for example, Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova sees the need to introduce discipline on human rights, and the head of Sberbank German Gref takes the initiative to add the basics of decision-making theory to school education. On the other hand, the modernization of existing programs, primarily informatics, remains an important issue.
“The system of school education, of course, needs some modernization to better meet the needs of modern life: almost 90% of teachers said that school knowledge is of little or no use for children outside of school. However, I see a positive trend in the fact that the main goal of the school today is not only to educate children, but also to prepare them for the future life, the formation of values and the maintenance of the socialization process, ”Ekaterina Ryzhova, director of YaKlass in our country, comments on the results of the survey.