Implications for Future Educational Policies Based on Current Trends

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to reveal the current trends in educational policies and to draw a picture of potential future. Accordingly, a document analysis was conducted on comprehensive research and up-to-date reports mainly depending on North America and Europe settings in order to address the cliché of “major changes in the 21st century” in the context of educational implications. As a result, it was concluded that learning in the present age should have an embodied, individual, contextual and lifelong quality and the research findings were discussed according to the basic principles of educational policy. It could be foreseen that such a paradigm shift for learning may have significant effects on innovative educational processes, learner characteristics, teacher qualifications, the educational uses and forms of technology, and measurement and evaluation. The present study was fortified with potential scenarios and implications for the transformation of educational systems.

Keywords

• education and training
• current trends
• educational policies