Meaningful Learning Reconstruction for Millennial: Facing competition in the information technology era

Abstract

The rapidly expanding information age raises a variety of increasingly complex global problems and challenges. Tight competition and a boundless climate of competition will increasingly color the development of the world. To deal with this, the younger generation is required to be able to have a sufficient set of life skills. Meanwhile, education today is still considered too focused on the problem of knowledge. In order for the millennial generation to have sufficient understanding, education must be oriented towards giving meaning to students, as well as providing knowledge. This article will explore the reconstruction efforts of meaningful learning for millennial generations in the face of competition in the information age. Meaningful learning is directed at providing students with critical, innovative and creative thinking skills so that they are able to respond to various problems that will emerge in the future. Learning means constructivist style, where it emphasizes the ability of students to develop a comprehensive meaning from what they learn. Meaningful learning can be pursued by various methods or approaches, provided that they are student-oriented. Some methods that can be used include active learning, collaborative learning, cooperative learning, or problem-based learning. With some of these methods, of course traditional learning hegemony that has been emphasizing more on aspects of cognition will be replaced by constructivistic features that emphasize the skills of students in the learning process. That is, the greater the involvement of students in the learning process, the more skilled they will be in interpreting what they learn. Thus, they will be ready to compete competitively in this information era.