Abstract:

The central theoretical argument of this paper is that the nature of schooling around the world has remained fundamentally unchanged —students go and attend classes physically. There is hegemony that has kept its design and structure, to that of the 19th and 20th centuries, enduring and largely unchanged. Nevertheless, there is an emergent need to re-vision and redefine schooling in a changing world, characterized by rapid technological innovations, complexities, and contradictions. In this paper, the author highlights recent knowledge and developments on schooling in 21st-century learning; and based on his professional experience of designing and implementing technology-infused educational programmes across Pakistan, proposes a new paradigm of schooling that not only responds to an increasingly digital world but also can solve the problems of current schooling in Pakistan. This new paradigm could provide opportunities to learn in new ways —not just for those who go to a school, but also for those who cannot.

Keywords:

Academic discourse, reform, future of schooling, rescripting, 21st century.