Definition
Education means the empowerment of individuals through the provision of learning and lifetime learning experience. It is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and values gained from anywhere and anytime. Formal education refers to education provided through the schools and similar established institutions for education and training; it generally conforms to a prescribed curriculum leading to some form of certification (Inter-Agency Commission 1990). There have been massive transformations in contemporary education due to rapid technological changes, showing distinct contemporary trends in education including teaching and learning methods, modes, approaches, and content.
Introduction
In this entry, the contemporary trends in education are discussed critically. All sectors of education, formal, non-formal, and informal; all levels, kindergarten, primary, secondary, and tertiary; and all types, general,...
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Mohanty, M. (2019). Contemporary Trends in Education. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Quality Education. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69902-8_35-1
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