Solomon and Schrum (2007) suggest that current educational trends based on standards and tests lean towards teacher-driven instruction while the required 21st-century skills of higher-order thinking skills, application of technology, adapting to change, and workplace skills (among others) require new methods and new assessment measures.
We have kept our educational process the same for quite some time, but our students are changing and thus our teaching strategies need to change. We need to incorporate different methodologies to help engage the different types of learners and also to help prepare them for their desire field of study.
