The Future of Education and Educational Technology

Vocabulary terms and key concepts covering future labor market trends, technological innovations in education, glossary definitions, and future tense grammar rules.

Centro Nacional de Planeamiento Estratégico del Perú

The Peruvian national strategic planning institution that hosted an international forum addressing whether the priority should be the education of the future or the future of education.

No rutinarios y altamente calificados

A labor market category comprising positions that require creative thinking, logical reasoning, abstract analysis skills, imagination, design, creativity, and mathematical competencies.

Rutinarios y medianamente calificados

A labor market category comprising standardizable jobs that are projected to be replaced by electronic devices and automated 'intelligent' machines in the medium term.

No rutinarios y de baja calificación

A labor market category of non-routine, low-qualification jobs typically carried out in offices, hospitals, shopping centers, restaurants, or factories.

Competencias blandas (o no cognitivas)

Non-cognitive soft skills demanded by an uncertain future labor market, including responsibility, collaboration, communication, initiative, persistence, and problem-solving.

Neuroeducación

A field informed by advances in cognitive science that feeds into new pedagogical models and learning processes alongside emerging technologies.

Eduardo Backhoff Escudero

President of the Directing Council of Métrica Educativa, A.C. and former counselor for the Evaluation of Education, who authored the text analyzing labor market classifications and educational challenges.

Prever

A Spanish verb meaning to foresee.

Mediano plazo

A Spanish noun phrase meaning medium term.

Hacer énfasis

A Spanish idiom meaning to emphasize.

Alimentar

A Spanish verb used in the context of research to mean to feed into or inform pedagogical models.

Realidad virtual (en la educación)

An educational technology that enables learning through immersive simulations (such as piloting an aircraft or operating on a patient) and allows 24-hour virtual classroom monitoring.

Videojuegos educativos

Educational gaming environments that combine learning and entertainment while providing infinite personalized game settings and mechanisms to evaluate student progress.

Plataformas educativas

Interactive digital environments developed by publishers and technology companies that feature specialized vocabulary-learning software and enhanced communication tools.

Impresoras 3D (en la educación)

Educational hardware tools that grant students the ability to convert their abstract ideas into physical objects.

Regular Future Tense Formation (Spanish)

A verb form constructed by keeping the entire infinitive of the verb and appending the endings $-é$, $-ás$, $-á$, $-emos$, $-éis$, and $-án$.

Irregular Future Stem of Poder

The stem $podr-$, which replaces the full infinitive when adding future endings ($podré$, $podrás$, $podrá$, $podremos$, $podréis$, $podrán$).

Irregular Future Stem of Tener

The stem $tendr-$, which replaces the full infinitive when adding future endings ($tendré$, $tendrás$, $tendrá$, $tendremos$, $tendréis$, $tendrán$).

Ya

A Spanish time adverb meaning 'already,' used to express that an action or technology is currently established or in use.

Aún no / Todavía no

Spanish time adverbial expressions meaning 'not yet' or 'still not,' used to denote that an event, action, or adoption has not occurred up to the present moment.