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    The Twentieth First

    Learning & Teaching

    By:Salwa Abozaid
    How’s today different from yesterday at schoo?
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    Some of the 20 Century Classroom Qualities

    1-Time-based

    2-Focus: memorization of discrete facts

    3-Lessons focus on the lower level of Bloom’s Taxonomy – knowledge, comprehension

    and application.

    4-Textbook-driven (content comes from textbooks)

    5-Passive learning

    6-Learners work in isolation – classroom within 4 walls

    7-Teacher-centered: teacher is center of attention and provider of information


    th
    Some of the 21 Century Classroom Qualities

    1-Outcome-based

    2-Focus: What students Know, Can Do and Are Like after all the details are forgotten.

    3-Learning is designed on upper levels of Blooms’ – synthesis, analysis and evaluation (and

    include lower levels as curriculum is designed down from the top.)

    4-Research-driven (content comes from student research)

    5-Active Learning

    6-Learners work collaboratively with classmates and others around the world – the Global

    Classroom

    7-Student-centered: teacher is facilitator/coach


    What are the 4Cs of learning in the twenty first century?
    The 4 C's of 21st Century Skills are :
    1-Critical Thinking
    Why Critical Thinking in class?
    •To teach critical thinking help the students to
    develop different skill, be more able to solve
    problem and create a ´´habit mind´´ in which
    they can have a higher level of
    concentration.Students should develop critical
    thinking abilities to become a competent of the
    21st century citizens.
    ways to integrate critical thinking skill in classroom :
    · Adding articles, books, interesting documents according to the grade for
    the students to read them.

    · Developing discussion in class about social problems.

    · Asking students to analyze, reflect and interpret in some topics.

    · Asking students to write reaction papers.

    · Let the students investigate about different themes and share it in


    class by their own.
    2-Colloberation
    Definition of Collaboration skill

    1.Show abilities to work effectively and respectful with


    others team.
    2.Have the flexibility to help playing whatever role in the
    team.
    3.Value the individual collaboration.
    4.Show compromise to the group and individual outcome!
    Ways to integrate collaborative in the classroom
    1.Teachers can assign work to be done outside and
    inside classroom ,but students must plan it themselves.
    2.Students can make groups to investigate the behavior
    for others groups outside the class and to report the
    investigated
    (under the teacher’s supervising)
    3-Communication
    Definition of communication

    ● It is the articulation of thoughts and idea properly and effectively in

    different forms. beyond to talk, communication is the capacity to listen

    effectively to others.

    ● Communication is also to use different technology and media resources


    and to know their impact and their effectiveness for both teachers and
    students.
    ● It is the capacity to communicate effectively in different ways in
    different environments.
    Ways to integrate communication skill into your classroom
    ● Watch films that model conversation skills and . ...

    ● Use technology to ...

    ● Reinforce active listening.through ...

    ● Offer group presentations and assignments.in the form of…. ...

    ● Ask open-ended questions.like ...

    ● Use tasks and activities that foster critical thinking like... ...

    ● Offer reflective learning opportunities. like…...


    Creativity
    Creativity

    Creativity is the practice of thinking outside the


    box. While creativity is often treated like a
    you-have-it-or-you-don't quality, students can
    learn how to be creative by solving problems,
    creating systems, or just trying something they
    haven't tried before.
    Develop your students' creativity in the classroom

    ● Create a compassionate, accepting environment. ...


    ● Be present with students' ideas. ...
    ● Encourage autonomy. ...
    ● Re-word assignments to promote creative thinking.
    ……………………….
    ● Give students direct feedback on their creativity.
    …………………………………….
    ● Help students know when it's appropriate to be
    creative………………………………………...
    :

    ● Do You See Yourself As A Teacher :

    ● Sit in the teachers’ room and


    ● Lecture all day long
    complain
    ● Prevent change
    ● Teach one year 25 times
    ● Be the sage on the stage
    ● I want a computer just to
    ● Teach to the test
    report grades
    ● Be able to chew gum all day
    ● Keep my mouth shut and wait
    and tell my students they
    to become an administrator
    can't
    ● Cover rather than uncover
    ● Retire next year and it just
    material and use chalk
    doesn't matter anymore
    ● Quit learning
    OR You Want To:

    ● create my own personal


    ● Collaborative work will be
    learning network
    just as important as
    ● Add students on my space
    individual work
    in Facebook ( humm i
    ● PBL ( project based
    personally don't agree with
    learning) won't just be an
    this)
    acronym
    ● Encourage appropriate
    ● Edit, remix, and share
    online interaction
    media with my students
    ● I won't fear technology , I
    ● Learn from my students
    ll embrace it
    ● Expect change
    ● Create positive learning
    environments

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