Questions 44-46 are based on the following passage:

Technology in schools: Future changes in classrooms

Technology has the power to transform how people learn -

but walk into some classrooms and you could be forgiven for thinking

you were entering a time warp. There will probably be a whiteboard

instead of the traditional blackboard, and the children may be using

laptops or tablets, but plenty of textbooks, pens and photocopied

sheets are still likely.

The curriculum and theory have changed little since

Victorian times, according to the educationalist and author Marc

Prensky. "The world needs a new curriculum," he said at the recent

Bett show, a conference dedicated to technology in education. Most

of the education products on the market are just aids to teach the

existing curriculum, he says, based on the false assumption "we

need to teach better what we teach today". He feels a whole new

core of subjects is needed, focusing on the skills that will equip

today's learners for tomorrow's world of work. These include

problem-solving, creative thinking and collaboration.

'Flipped' classrooms

One of the biggest problems with radically changing

centuries-old pedagogical methods is that no generation of parents

wants their children to be the guinea pigs. Mr Prensky he thinks we

have little choice, however: "We are living in an age of accelerating

change. We have to experiment and figure out what works."

"We are at the ground floor of a new world full of

imagination, creativity, innovation and digital wisdom. We are going

to have to create the education of the future because it doesn't exist

anywhere today." He might be wrong there. Change is already afoot

to disrupt the traditional classroom. The "flipped" classroom - the

idea of inverting traditional teaching methods by delivering

instructions online outside of the classroom and using the time in

school as the place to do homework - has gained in popularity in US

schools. The teacher's role becomes one of a guide, while students

watch lectures at home at their own pace, communicating with

classmates and teachers online.

(Available in:https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30814302. Accessed on May

18st, 2019. Adapted. Author: Jane Wakefield.)