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Patterns in Educational Facilities KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY (2000-2025) page 5 of 5 Societal Trends • Politics to be ruled by group decisions and coalitions • Economics driven by either citizen control or citizen apathy with conflicts between the local and global • Global socialization, Local and smaller, individuals more empowered • Economics will see increased polarization of wealth internationally, yet economies better controlled due to speed of information passed among nations • Energy will be more expensive, conservation efforts will increase, sustainable/green solutions will develop • Communication will be instant and everywhere, multi-media, personal and multi-dimensional • Transportation will be increasingly multi-modal – bikes, walking, light, rail, smart highways • Transportation will merge with communication providing greater accessibility, "Death of distance" • Community will see an emphasis on "traditional" family roles, a smaller unit, work centers, virtual communities, shared resources and communities working together • Family definitions will be broader and free time will increase for child rearing, less individualism • Individuals will have access to data, have higher expectations, more recreational time, will connect with others with similar interests, more global connections as networking with others increases, action will be facilitated by technology, people will be more educated, many rethinking goals and priorities while others will be confused
potential and social skills • More diverse delivery methods to specific learning styles • Learning takes place everywhere • Global curriculum • Activity-based learning and working • Flexible schedules may be forced due to the global "time-zone" factor in communication • Process learning as opposed to facts and content • Learn to access information through research • Strategies for life-long learning • Melding of work, family and community in the learning process • Home schooling • Different school structures to accommodate home-schooling, charter schools, etc. • Brain research findings will encourage collaboration, communication, and understanding about learning • Families strengthened through learning together • No more knowledge brokers since access instant to any information instant Facility Responses • Workstations • Employee-based teaching facilities • Fewer classrooms and teachers and more learning facilitators • 12 month school year and extended days and the loss of traditional facilities • Boarding school concept • Partnerships between educational, recreational, hospital and other community center facilities • Movement from pod-based flexible learning environments and individual/small group learning environments • Community center as learning village that involves all levels of education • More community spaces • Increased reallocation of public and private zones in buildings • Smaller facilities with enlarged grade level bases • Classrooms will remain • Changes in building codes will be necessary to recognize the uniqueness of instructional space • Technologically advanced media centers • Redefine what a classroom is to facilitate multi-age groupings, integrated curriculums, research and technology • Designed for global learning and information access • Remote learning sites connected electronically to an integrated core facility
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