Turning 20th Century Teachers into 21st

Century Leaders

● Teacher lectures● Students listen & learn● Textbook centered● Paper and pencil● Written assessments● Very little creativity

20th Century Teacher Centered Learning

Filling the vessel Kindling the fireRetelling DiscoveringInformation transfer Learning to learnTime based Outcome basedTextbook driven Research drivenPassive learning Active learning

20th Century 21st Century

Click on image to play video

21st Century Education vs. 20th Century Education

● Film strip projector● Reel to reel movies● Mimeograph● Overhead

Technology of the 20th Century

Reform must take place from the inside out. Change has to start with teachers. Until now, change has been dictated from outside entities: No Child Left Behind, 21st Century Education, Charter schools, vouchers, etc. Educators are the key to moving forward with technology.

Educational Reform

● Teach the Googled learner, who has grown up on virtual reality games and can find out almost everything with a few taps of the finger;

Educators Responsibilities:

TEACHING 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools—Now and in the Future by Barnett Berry

● Work with a student body that’s increasingly diverse (by 2030, at least 40 percent of students will be second-language learners)

Educators Responsibilities:

TEACHING 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools—Now and in the Future by Barnett Berry

● Prepare kids to compete for jobs in a global marketplace where communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving are the “new basics”

Educators Responsibilities:

TEACHING 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools—Now and in the Future by Barnett Berry

● Use sophisticated tools to measure student learning and fine-tune instruction

Educators Responsibilities:

TEACHING 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools—Now and in the Future by Barnett Berry

● Connect teaching to the needs of communities as economic churn creates instability, pushing schools to integrate health and social services with academic learning

Educators Responsibilities:

TEACHING 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools—Now and in the Future by Barnett Berry

Click on image to play video

Our responsibility as educators:

Work Cited:Images:

http://www.google.com/imghpVideo:

www.21stEducationalLeadership.comEFSmithsonian

Berry, Barnett TEACHING 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools—Now and in the Future, 2013.