Shifts in roles and relationships are … on the horizon. The organized involvement of parents in the education process is essential and will occur more frequently and naturally through networks that connect the home to the school and to libraries and other repositories of information. In time, the teacher-parent relationship will change as teachers take on new roles as facilitators who broker research and monitor student progress, often assisted by specialists, such as nutritionists, who provide guidance in areas that affect student behavior and performance. Another contributor, made possible by the Open Data Network, will be the employer of the future. The needs of the workplace, rather than mere job listings, will play an integral role in defining the curricula for a select number of students, especially those seeking vocational or professional pursuits after college.
Predictor: National Research Council
Prediction, in context:In 1994, the NRENaissance Committee, appointed by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, produced a special report titled “Realizing the Information Future: The Internet and Beyond.” Among the committee members were Internet pioneers Leonard Kleinrock, David Clark, David Farber, Lawrence Landweber and Robert Kahn. The committee’s goal was to “study issues raised by the shift to a larger, more truly national networking capability.” Among its statements about the blossoming of the National Information Infrastructure (NII) is this:”Shifts in roles and relationships are … on the horizon. The organized involvement of parents in the education process is essential and will occur more frequently and naturally through networks that connect the home to the school and to libraries and other repositories of information. In time, the teacher-parent relationship will change as teachers take on new roles as facilitators who broker research and monitor student progress, often assisted by specialists, such as nutritionists, who provide guidance in areas that affect student behavior and performance. Another contributor, made possible by the Open Data Network, will be the employer of the future. The needs of the workplace, rather than mere job listings, will play an integral role in defining the curricula for a select number of students, especially those seeking vocational or professional pursuits after college.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Realizing the Information Future: The Internet and Beyond
Title, headline, chapter name: K-12 Education
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://stills.nap.edu/html/rtif/
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney