BENLAC Lesson 1 - 21st Century Education

BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY - BALANGA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION THE 21 CENTURY ST EDUCATION  01 02 03 04 21st Century Paradigm Characteristics Common Tech Education Shift for 21st...

BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY - BALANGA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION THE 21 CENTURY ST EDUCATION  01 02 03 04 21st Century Paradigm Characteristics Common Tech Education Shift for 21st of a 21st Tools for Contexts Century Century Learning Education Teacher CONTEXTS OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION SCHOOLS Conventional: Textbook-driven, teacher-centered, paper- and-pencil schooling 21st century: Open walls, dimensionless, and roofless “Culture of inquiry” CONTEXTS OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION CURRICULUM Conventional: Memorization of facts and figures (lower- order thinking skills) 21st century: Previous knowledge, personal experience, interests “Concept of differentiation” CONTEXTS OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION LEARNING ENVIRONMENT True learning sparks in environments that inspire, not just in classrooms that instruct. “Collaborative and cooperative learning” CONTEXTS OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION LEARNERS Today's students are referred to as "digital natives”, while educators as "digital immigrants.” What are the challenges? CONTEXTS OF 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION JOB DEMANDS Learning Skills Life Skills Critical thinking Flexibility Creative thinking Initiative Collaborating and Social skills communicating Literacy Skills Information literacy Media literacy Digital literacy PARADIGM SHIFT FOR 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION THINKING BEFORE Lower order thinking skills in Bloom's Taxonomy, such as knowledge and comprehension 21ST Higher order thinking skills(metacognition), such as application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation TEACHING STYLE BEFORE Textbook-driven 21ST Research-driven CURRICULUM BEFORE Fragmented curriculum 21ST Integrated and Interdisciplinary curriculum STUDENT DIVERSITY BEFORE Student diversity is ignored 21ST Curriculum and instruction address student diversity LITERACY BEFORE Literacy is the 3 R's (reading, writing and 'rithmetic). 21ST Multiple literacies of the 21st Century aligned to living and working in a globalized new society. MODELS BEFORE Factory model, based upon the needs of employers for the Industrial Age of the 19th century 21ST Global model based upon the needs of a globalized high-tech society  CHARACTERISTICS OF A 21ST CENTURY TEACHER  Multi-specialist Self-directed Flexible Multi-literate Multi-skilled Lifelong learner High Emotional Passion for quotient excellence Critical thinker Problem solver