The Future of Education

The main educational goal of the 20^th century was based on critical thinking, face to face communication, research on real-life situations and pen-paper work. This approach brought to the world big political, social and economical movements. The new age comes with new outlooks, students are being educated with the information from the digital sources, most of them losing their own critical thinking. If critical thinking means an original, fair, disciplined, overlooked point of view, digital thinking seems to be a copy-paste information out of the selection process, or just expressing the opinion of the majority. The slogan ,,thinking out of the box” becomes more popular day by day, people use to analyze the situation from the moment experience, without thinking critically about it. From digital thinking is closely related to digital communication, where the spiritual content and message disappear. This research is based on developing communicative competences using the digital communication and what are the advantages and disadvantages for a longer period of time. The article brings, also, proofs that students are being informed from others experience using forums and socializing debates. Digital thinking diminishes critical thinking, in as far as the results show that the viewpoint of the virtual makes the decision and brings the arguments.

Keywords: Digital, critical thinking;