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WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THE TEACHER
IN THIS CENTURY?
Learning to Change,
and Changing to Learn
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• LEARNER-CENTERED CLASSROOM AND PERSONALIZED
INSTRUCTIONS
• LOOK AT STUDENTS AS PRODUCERS
• LEARN NEW TECHNOLOGIES (CHECK
WWW.LYNDA.COM)
• GO GLOBAL
• BE SMART AND USE SMART PHONES
• BUILD YOU OWN DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
• BLOG
• COLLABORATE
• CONNECT
• PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
• INNOVATE
• KEEP LEARNING
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WHAT IS HIGHER-ORDER THINKING
SKILLS?
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This is when our learners use
complex ways to think about
what they are learning.
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WHAT IS HOTS?
THIS REQUIRES LEARNERS
• TO UNDERSTAND FACTS
• INFER FROM THEM
• CONNECT THEM TO OTHER FACTS AND CONCEPTS
• CATEGORIZE THEM
• MANIPULATE THEM
• PUT THEM TOGETHER IN A NEW OR NOVEL WAY
• APPLY THEM AS THEY SEEK NEW SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
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Let’s view this five-
minute video clip
on the revised
version of Bloom’s
Taxonomy
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Metacognition is awareness of
one’s own thought processes.
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Let’s view teacher’s self-
made video/podcast on
the metacognition
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PROBLEM SOLVING AND CREATIVITY
EDWARD PAUL TORRANCE’S
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Problem solving
and creativity go
hand in hand.
FLUENCY
Production of a great number of
ideas
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The Candle Problem
You are given a box of thumbtacks, and a book of matches.
Affix the candle to the wall so that it will not drip wax onto the
table.
Apply problem solving skills
(a) There are 200 marbles in a box. All
marbles are either red or blue. If there
are 40 more red marbles than blue, how
many red marbles are there in the box?
A. 40
B. 80
C.120
D.160
E. 180
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1. Help learners determine what
higher-order thinking is
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A teacher must be a good in asking
the right kind of questions. 2.
Encourage questioning
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3. Connect concepts
Celebrations
Holidays
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5. Use graphic organizers
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A sample of an Advance Organizer
6. Teach Problem-solving
activities
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7. Encourage creative thinking
Let them INVENT, IMAGINE,
DESIGN what they are
thinking.
Let’s use our creative sense to
help our learners utilise HOTS.
Let’s make them think ‘outside of
the box.’
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8. Use Mind Movies
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9. Teach learners to elaborate their
answers and talk about what they are
learning
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9. Teach QARs
Question-Answer-Relationships
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Listen to or watch something funny.
Laughter relaxes us.
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Break down the problem.
Start small and work your way up.
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Give yourself restrictions.
We aren’t good at making decisions.
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Create a range of solutions.
From a standard solution to wacky.
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Don’t be afraid of a blank canvas.
Just put anything down.
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Don’t get discouraged.
“Learned helplessness” is a real thing.
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Ernest Hemingway
Bet he could make an entire story in six words
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Teamwork.
How to bring out creativity in groups.
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• ENVISIONING OUR LEARNERS
• HOTS
• REVISITING THE REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
(ANDERSEN & KRATHWOHL)
• METACOGNITION
• TORRANCE’S PROBLEM SOLVING AND CREATIVITY
• SOME STRATEGIES
• CULTIVATE CREATIVITY (THINKING HATS OF BONO)
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References
Thomas, A., & Thorne, G.(2009). How to Increase Higher Order Thinking Metarie, LA:
Centre for Development and Learning. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
file:///Users/mtb-mle/Desktop/How%20to%20be%20More%20Creative.pdf
https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/15-characteristics-21st-century-teacher