I found this The Partnership for 21st Century Skills website to be full of interesting information. I feel that this is the path we must follow in order to prepare our students for the 21st century workplace. I like the Framework for 21st Century learning and how the outcomes are built upon the supports of Standards and Assessments which are already a huge part of what we do on a daily basis, Curriculum and Instruction which are constantly being updated and adapted to needs of students, Professional Development which is what we are doing now, and Learning Environments which I am constantly trying to improve to ensure that my students are learning in a productive environment. I was surprised by all of the resources based on promoting creativity in the classroom and how many are related to business. This is an area that I do not think to work on with my students, but would be easy to implement. The idea of incorporating life and career skills is vital to student education today. While I feel that it is extremely important, those also are not topics that I make a point to include in my curriculum. I did not find anything that I disagree with on the site.
What are the implications for today's students and teachers? More change. As an educator, one must expect change and welcome it with open arms whether you want it or not. Students need to become motivated to use technology and think toward the future. I would like for students to become more goal oriented. As a teacher I need to look at my curriculum and see what changes I can make to help ensure the success of my students. I feel that as a Reading teacher I have a great opportunity to use various texts to teach students information and build skills to help them be successful in their future careers.
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13 years ago
There was a great article on the Partnership for 2st Century Skills website. It talked about how successful learning environments have found a way to incorporate the real world into their curriculum. It talked about the learning environments that embrace the diversity of the people around the world. I liked the idea that a learning environment can be not just the typical schools and classroom setting, but that of a virtual environment or something that is online or remote. I believe that is where our society is heading in the 21st century. What do you think? Is that where our society is heading?
ReplyDeleteI have found that a lot of teachers in my school are very resistant to change. Maybe because some of them have been teaching for so long that they are completely set in their ways and don't care to upgrade their methods, or maybe it's because it is just so comfortable to do things the way they've always been done. I understand this viewpoint. I mean, if you have a teacher that has been teaching English 5 for 4 straight years, he will pretty much know the material by heart, and won't bother to change anything about his class, right?
ReplyDeleteThe 21st century is here though, and it brought a lot of change with it. We have to take the time, look for other things, update our lesson plans and teaching techniques, because if we don't our students will be left behind and will have nowhere to succeed in the future.