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AREYOUREADYFORIT?PedagogyforTransformationalLearningDEVELOPING21ST CENTURYSKILLS

ProfDavidGibsonOBEAmyGerrard

Whatweplantodo

Define21st centurySkills

Howwecreated&engaged

Beapedagogicalpirate!!

SuccessStories

Summary&invitation

Applyingkeylessons

Whatare21st CenturySkills

• Isitenoughtojustgivethefactsabout21st CenturySkills?

• GordonBrown(2000)InnovationSkillsforthe21st Century

• Paine(2012)usesthe4C’s(Creativity,Collaboration,CriticalThinkingandCommunication)todescribegainingadvantage

• Kerber(2010)suggestsa‘prescriptivelist’isnotsuitableforourstudents,andfavours3‘overarchingattributes’:

• EnquiryandLifelongLearning• AspirationandPersonalDevelopment• OutlookandEngagement

Whatare21st CenturySkills– Condensethem!

• Thecoreskillsthathavethemostimpact

• Graduatesofalldisciplinesneedtoprepareforthechallengesofthe21st centurybydeveloping:

‘creativity,confidenceandlifelonglearningskills’

StewartJ,Svaramkumar SandSeenan C(2016)

BecomingaGlobalCitizen(Barnett,UCL)• Agraduatethatcanmaketheirownwayintheworld

usingtheircreativityandinnovationtosolveproblemsthatcometheirway

• Creatingthisthroughcurricularenterprisebasedonexperientialpedagogyandauthenticassessment(Brown)

• Haveyoueverbeencreative?Thinkofatimewhen.....

• Thinkoftheproblemsandhowtosolvethem

• Useideasthatarerelatable,impactfulandtransferrableacrossanydiscipline

StrategiesforCreativity

StrategiesforResilience(confidence)

•Getthestudentstotakerisks•Changeyourpedagogyandassessment•Useanentrepreneurialcompetencymodel•Focusoninspirationalteaching&assessment•Useexternalexpertise•Growthmind-set

StrategiesforLifelongLearning

•PuttheStudentexperiencefirst•Uselivecivicprojects•Integratereflectionandselfawareness•Youarethecatalyst•Linkwithextracurricularactivities/externalecosystem•Measureimpact&publish!

Results

LIVEDrama

Embeddedin85%ofcurriculum

SU&FreelancerImpact

Trainthetrainer

Publications

Criteria

•Loveyoursubject&teaching•Someexternalexperience•Lookingtopublishonpedagogy•Evidenceofinnovativeteaching&assessment•Takerisksyourselfanddefendyourstrategy

Criteria(cont)

•Openminded•Criticalincidents•HumourJohnson(2016)•Willmakestudentsawareofextracurricularactivities•Moreactionlessslides

EntrepreneurialEducationneedsEntrepreneurialEducators

1. Inspiringthestudents2. Findingenablers/champions3. Linkinguptheentrepreneurialecosystem4. Resources- sustainability5.Measuringtheimpact

Exercise

• SelectCreativity,ResilienceorLifelongLearning

• Preparetoteachtheclassforthreeminutes

• Becreative,entertainusandpitchtowinanaward!

Summary

Measureand

publish!!

PotentialImpact• Studentexperience

• Entrepreneurialimpact• Extra-curricularresults

• Educatorcareerdevelopment

TheAward

Howtoovercomebarriers

ThankYou!

• Emailme:[email protected]

• Emailme:[email protected]• ConnectonTwitter:@amygerr

Documents

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