At the end of the session, the participants should be able to :

OBJECTIVES:

describe the 21st century teachers and learners;

identify ways to develop the skills of a 21st century teachers and learners;

develop personal plan of action to promote 21st century teaching and learning .3

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Listen to the conversation of the 2 characters and be able to tell the group what they are saying about …

ACTIVITY 1

QUESTION:

What is the main focus of the conversation?1

ACTIVITY 2

Group yourselves into 4.

Two groups (1&2) will draw a caricature of the 21st century teacher and the other 2 groups (3&4) will draw the 21st century learners.

Choose a representative from your group to show and explain your output.

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Task :

QUESTIONS:

1. How did you feel about your drawing?

2. What common characteristics of a 21st century teacher/learners were surfaced?

3. How can these skills be developed by the teachers/learners?

4. How do you assess yourself in relation to these expectations?

5. What insights have you gained from this session ?

The 21st Century Learner

Curriculum Exits

The 21st Century Learner

Characteristics 21st Century Learner

1. Want to have a say in their education. 

2. Often have higher levels of digital literacy than their parents or teachers.

3.  Expect transparency in their parents, teachers and mentors.

4. Want you to tell them when you have messed up, apologize for it, and move on.

 

Characteristics 21st Century Learner

5. Don’t care as much about having a job as they do about making a difference. 

6. Demand the freedom to show their wild creativity.

7. Want to connect with others in real time on their own terms.

8. Collaborate amazingly well.

9. Really can multi-task. 

10.Appreciate a “trial and error” approach to learning new skills. 

Characteristics 21st Century Learner

11. Learn by doing

12.Have a “can do” attitude

13.Thrive in an atmosphere of controlled challenge.

14.Have multicultural awareness and appreciation. 

15.Open to change. 

16.Are equal parts “consumer” and “creator”. 

17. Increasingly aware of the world around them.

Characteristics of the 21st Century Learner

18.Know where to go to find information. 

19.Are better educated than any generation before them. 

20.Expect inter-disciplinarity

21.Know that they are the future. 

Characteristics 21st Century Educator

The 21st century Educator

The Adaptor

The Communicator

The Visionary

The LearnerThe Leader

The Model

The Collaborator

The Risk Taker

1Anticipates the Future.

Characteristics 21st Century Educator

2 Life Long learner

Characteristics 21st Century Educator

3Fosters peer relationships

Characteristics 21st Century Educator

Teacher must model and demand courtesy, communication and respect.

4Can teach and assess all levels of learners.

Characteristics 21st Century Educator

assess where each and every student they teach is at relative to ‘Learning Ability’ and ‘Commitment to Learning.’

“To be an effective 21st-century teacher, a teacher must first possess the very same 21st-century skills that their students are expected to have.”

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The Concept of Individual Differences

THE CHILDREN WE TEACH:

THE CHILDREN WE TEACH:

THE CHILDREN WE TEACH:

• The sad child – needs me desperately. I must give him all the comfort and security I have to give.

• The bold child – I like for his vigorous ways. He needs toning down but not the extinction of his personality.

• The shy child – is only waiting for my warm affection to wipe away the film that hides his true and lovely personality.

THE CHILDREN WE TEACH:

• The good child – is a constant source of joy to me. I must help him become even better.

• The bad child – is not really bad –--only neglected and misguided. I must give him the attention and guidance to get back on the right track.

• These children are like melodies that must be finished.

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Is able to discern effective vs. non-effective technology

Characteristics 21st Century Educator

The effective 21st-century teacher will need to be adept in judging the educative and non-educative use of technologies made available to them and to their students at school and at home.

1- Maintain good communication skills

A successful  teacher is one that is able to build a rapport with his /her students, one that can easily connect with his learners and feel their needs as individuals. Open and clear communication is the key to develop a healthy friendly learning atmosphere inside your class.

2- Getting students engagement.

Use interesting educational games and activities, use technology and multimedia resources and finally make your teaching student-centred and try your maximum to relate what you teach to students immediate environment.

3- Use Humour 

maintain the right balance between instruction and joking and don't let your whole class become an hour long comedy routine.

4- Act don't react

Learn their game and play it with them carefully.

5- Be clear and precise in your instructions.

6- Give room to individualized learning

7- Positive feedback

8- Involve students in decision making

Students tend to do great when they feel they are trusted and  that they are real parts in the learning / teaching operation. 

9- Use peer learning

10- Love your subject/ job

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“Do not confine your children to

your own learning, for

they were born in another time.”

STOP START CONTINUE

Prepare a plan of action on the things that you will stop doing, start doing and continue doing in relation to your role as 21st century teachers. Use the template below :

Overcoming Resistance to Change

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”

John Dewey

THANK YOU!

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MARIGEN N. LEOSALAEducation Program Supervisor

Information Communication Technology