Essential Principles of Education

in Future University

Hassan Zohoor

Introduction

♦ Planning and exertion of education, as an intentional activity, is not arbitrary; it is purposeful and forward-looking. Being intentional and purposeful, education is value driven. Educational ends are driven by and express what we value as individuals and as people. One may say that a man is in proper sense only when he educates himself.

♦ Education put ones potential to greatest use.

♦ Humanistic education is not only building up of the individual, but also of community.

♦ An educated population is essential to a nation’s prosperity and for living.

♦ Our world is a changing world, so, improving incorporation between university plans, and the way they are arranged alongside, will be gradually important as the 21th century progresses. Therefore, the varied missions of the future universities should be well thought-out.

With regard to this vital role of education in the future university, ten significant elements are presented in this talk.

GoalsFacultyStudentsAdmissionCurriculumDisciplinesTeachingSupplementaryFacilitiesAssessment

GoalsIt is recommended that the universities reevaluate their missions with emphasis to the following subjects:

● Developing of pure and applied sciences and technology in society,

● Promoting of moral values and ethics at the university,

●Training students, who are active, entrepreneurship, creative, innovative,

● Instructing students who have ability to work in multicultural workplaces,

● Integrating research and academia into society and real world,

● Integrating disciplines to create a wide array of fields,

● Fostering students to realize and be able to attack and solve new real world problems,

● Cultivating students who stimulate for protection of the environment and care about the sustainability of the resources,

● Recruiting a new generation of quality faculties with regards to two wings of knowledge and ethics,

● Adapting of curricula and pedagogy in accordance with the future needs and rapidly emerging technology,

● Developing skills with regard to the future world of rapid and pervasive technological changes.

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 FacultyFaculty members should fulfill the following conditions as far as possible:

 ● Having required background of science, knowledge and experiences,

● Observing moral and ethics quotes,

● Motivating the students for advancement of humanism,

● Transmitting information to student through problem solving,

● Encouraging student centric more than teacher centric,

● Extracting the gap between faculties and students.

● Advising students, in case of their need, to solve their social problems,

● Employing interactive techniques in teaching,

● Using great sociotechnical systems as a powerful tool in teaching,

● Communicating with the non-technical public.

StudentsStudents should preferably meet following requirements in regard to the pertinent discipline:

 ● Having required scientific background,

● Possessing talent,● Being interested,

● Having enough enthusiastic,● Possessing required physical ability,

● Being adapted with assimilation of information,

● Being active at work.

AdmissionIn admitting student following criteria should be considered:

 ● Using of one or more of the following items for admission in the requested discipline:

- Abilities of the applicant,- Rate of applicant’s interest and talent,

- Results of previous academic records,

- Results of entrance or other pertinent exams,

- Results of interview,- Recommendation letters,- Scientific background● Available seats.

CurriculumIn developing of the curriculum

(integrated curriculum), the following requisites should be measured:

 ● Considering the following elements

in curriculum development:- Arrangement,- Social needs,- Foresight,

- Future thinking,- New problems,- Incisive,- Up to date,- Influent,- Rapid and pervasive technological changes,

- Infrastructural problems,- Humanism.

● Integrating the following megatrends in preparing teaching materials:

- Clean water,- Safe food,- Drought,- Energy sustainability, crisis and conservation,

- Environment,- Healthcare problem,

- Global warming, - Ecosystem,- Hands-on experiences,- Microfinanc,- Life sciences,- Sustainable world.- Disasters,- Moral and ethics,● Defining an educational content which reflects basic learning needs,

● Preparing materials for knowledge bases disciplines,

● Arranging materials for multidisciplinary fields of study,

● Preparing materials for a metacurriculum,

● Adapting the curricula with the future needs which impact the sectors of industry and society.

DisciplinesIn designing of the new fields of studies, the following matters should be considered:

 ● Considering the following items in educational planning:

- Undergraduate level,- Graduate level,- Diversity of scientific areas,

- Variety of courses,- Weight of courses,- Majors,- Minors,- New disciplines approach,- Intradisciplinary,- Interdisciplinary,- Multidisciplinary,- Crossdisciplinary,- Transdisciplinary,

Intradisciplinary: Working within a single discipline.Interdisciplinary: Involving two or more academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines.Multidisciplinary: Combining or involving several academic disciplines or professional specializations in an approach to a topic or problem.Crossdisciplinary: Relating to or representing more than one branch of knowledge; approach to research of, relating to, or involving two or more disciplinesTransdisciplinary: Research efforts conducted by investigators from different disciplines working jointly to create new conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and translational innovations that integrate and move beyond discipline-specific approaches to address a common problem

- Integrated Science,- Duration of education,● Assimilating the following concepts in developing all disciplines:- Entrepreneurship,- Creativity,- Scientific innovation,- Commerce and global market trends,- Social implications,- Diversity of courses including human sciences and arts.

 

TeachingThrough teaching and learning, and transmission of knowledge and science, the following necessities should be measured: ● Implementing the following items as methods of teaching by those who loves to share what they learn, and put their potential to greatest use:

- Arrangements,

- On time,- Time on task,- Conceptual and perceptual

teaching,- Interactive learning,- Analysis,- Low stresses,- Problem solving,- Demonstrative materials, - Researching and

investigating,- Management,

- Cooperative learning,- Collaboration,- Sociotechnical Systems,- Diversity,

● Using the following facilities as assisted media in teaching:

- Big data,- Tutoring,- Quizzes,- References,- Reports,

- Labs,- Workshops,- Examples,- Exercises,- Access to multiple

learning styles,- Access to prevalent

lecture styles,● Educating students to achieve the following capabilities:

- To be creative integrators,

- Become enthusiastic,- To be socially

innovative,- To be stimulate

learners,- Have a core competency,- Being balanced by

exposure to other disciplines,

- Have necessary skills for the future,

- Acquire more social awareness,

- To be an emotional excitement workforce,

- Know how to attack to a new problem,

- To be able to apply solutions to society needs,

- Learn at a macro level,- To be an entrepreneurship,

since jobs are contributing to the life,

- To be fitted for living in global society,

- Have a broad perspective on the issues facing our changing world,

- Understand the present world,

- Adapt with pace of communication,

- Understand himself as humanized and cultured,

- Think and express himself,- Grasp the truth, beauty and

boosting attractiveness of science career,

- Work in multicultural workplaces,

- To be broad Thinkers,

 

SupplementaryOne or more of the following courses should be achieved as partial fulfillment of any discipline: ● Incorporating the following Supplementary Affairs in educational planning:- Internships,- Sabbatical leaves,

- Practical trainings,- Vocational trainings,- Industrial visiting,- Work terms,- Surveys,- Research,- International exchanges,

FacilitiesThe following settings and services should be provided in the university: ● Preparing the following educational spaces in the university:- Labs,- Classrooms,- Libraries, - Workshops,- Sports area,

- Information and communication technologies and media centers,● Preparing the following extracurricular spaces in the university:- Health center- Food courts,- Dormitories,- Union and student center,- Residence halls.● Affording welfare facilities.

AssessmentIn order to have well educated graduates and an accredited university, the following measures have to be considered: ● Taking the following measures for student assessment:

- Written exams,- Oral exams,- Quizzes,

- Homework,- Report,- Seminar,- Project,- Defense sessions.

● Paying attention to the following items for quality assurance of the assessments:

- Curriculums,- Educational planning,- Teaching methods,

- Strategies for the achievement of education quality,

- Quality management in university,

- Facilities,- Current expenditure,- Capital expenditure,- Graduates,- Faculties- Texts,- Lecture notes.

ConclusionTotally speaking, some of the important factors that may express future universities are highlighted in this conclusion: ● To serve society through research,● To be a social institution,● To have Intradisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Crossdisciplinary,, and Transdisciplinary areas of study,● To be open to the community,

● To response the demands of market,● To collaborate with industry,● To replace some of the physical spaces by virtual spaces,● To promote moral values and ethics,● To provide more labs and workshops to give hands-on experiences,● To have new pattern of teaching and learning,● To have qualified faculties both scientifically and ethically,

● To use great sociotechnical systems and big data,● To use multiple learning and prevalent lecture styles,● To integrate disciplines to create a wide array of fields,● To adapt curricula and pedagogy in accordance with the future needs and rapidly emerging technology,● To motivate the students for advancement of humanism,

● To adapt the integrated curriculum with the future needs which impact the sectors of industry and society,● To train well educated graduates to realize and be able to attack and solve new real world problems,● To cultivate graduates who stimulate for protection of the environment and care about the sustainability of the resources,

● To train graduates to have a broad perspective on the issues facing our rapid and pervasive technological changing world,● To train graduates to be adapted with assimilation of information,● To look for new funding sources and to cut some of the expenses.

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