We talked with Kate Szilagyi, an International Educator (a former Principal and Education manager) who teaches students from Miami to Budapest worldwide about how education changed in our lives especially after Covid.
Katalin Szilagy gained extensive knowledge in teaching through the years and traveled to many countries from the USA to Asia, studying different teaching techniques and cultures.
How do you think education has changed recently?
Our lives are busy, always on the go. We, and especially our children, crave constant knowledge. This generation of learners demands information anytime and anywhere. We constantly use mobile and laptop. Knowledge is always at the modern learner’s fingertips. Students should improve on their skills to navigate them and put pieces together to create a new and unique concept. There is a change in interaction too: It is a more human environment rather than memorization. This change requires new soft skills.
What are the most relevant soft skills?
There are some important characteristics which help learners to succeed:
they need to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, creative, innovative, analyzing, and synthesized persons as well. Regarding personality, 3 factors play key roles: persistence, self-discipline and adaptivity.
What do you think is the secret for successful development?
The essence of improving our brain is: Love for learning
We can succeed in life if we become life-long learners. We can acquire new knowledge with an open mind and with an open heart.
One of my favorite quotes to inspire my students from Florida to Hungary when I teach IB Mathematics and English is: “Going in one more round when you don’t think you can, that’s what makes all the difference in your life”
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