Preparing Students for the 21st Century
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
pic from PBS HAWAII.ORG
What is 21st century learning?
- Outcome based
- What students know, can do and are like after facts learned
- Learning by analysis and evaluation
- Research driven
- Active participation
- Global classroom approach through classmates and others around the world
- Student-centered
- Co-learners
- Integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum
- Grades based on what was learned
- A lot of student freedom
- Self, peer and others assess work
- Curriculum connected to students’ interest and real world
- Project based opportunities are used for learning and assessment
- Curriculum and instruction address student diversity
- Literacy goes beyond traditional 3 R’s of reading writing and math aligned to living and working globally
- Global model based upon a high tech society
- Education not driven by NCLB and standardized testing
- High expectation
