20th century education

& 21st century education

20th century education

21st century education

20th Century Educational
Practices

21st Century Educational Practices

 20th Century Teacher’s
Role 21st Century Teacher’s Role

• Teachers spend time • Teachers act as

disseminating information facilitators, coaching
to students through direct students as they work on
instruction. authentic projects.
• Teachers spend most • Teachers have students
time involved in direct
TEACHER-CENTERED useSTUDENT-CENTERED
information to
instruction, with develop authentic
assessment occurring as projects where mastery of
a test at the end where information is used in the
recall of information is project.
tested. • Provides projects that
• Teachers spend most of involve students doing
their time involved in research and assimilating
“stand and deliver” the knowledge
themselves.
• Teacher alone educate
the student
 Teachers have the
primary responsibility for
educating the student and
focus most if not all of the
load.
• Teaching to prepare
students for the 21st
Century Workplace
 Teachers incorporate
elements of the 21st
Century workplace into
the classroom to prepare
the student with 21st
century workplace
experiences and skills.
20th Century Student’s Role
• Sit and Get
 Students given content
and told processes.
• Receptor
• Compliant
• Work Independently to
create individual products
• make connections to
existing knowledge
• create products following
teacher direction
21st Century Student’s Role
• Move and Experiment
 Students construct
content and develop and
evaluate processes.
• Initiator
• Problem solver
• Communicate and
collaborate with learners
of diverse cultural
backgrounds
• apply critical thinking
research methods, and
communication tools to
create original work.
 21st Century Student’s 21st Century Student’s
Results Results
• Teaching in such a way • Engaging the 21st
as to disengage students Century student
× Students become bored  Teachers consider how to
because school utilize the unique
PASSIVENESS AND is not FOSTER POSITIVE st
engaging FEAR
DEVELOPS and they
OF feel characteristics of the 21
EXPECTATIONS AND MUTUAL
MISTAKES
they have to power down century
RESPECT brain and the
• Limited time to complete habits of the 21st century
the tasks and high digital native and effective
expectation on the instruction.
assessment results • Students are actively
passiveness. involved in their own
learning within a climate
that respects their unique
developmental needs.
 20th Century Student’s 21st Century Student’s
Results Results
• Students self • Students self
management management
 Based on rules. Limited  Based on moral and
or no student input into ethical approach.
framework. Students, staff and
• Reporting Systems community partnership in
 Semester and Term development.
based paper reports, A-E  Digital format with
grade system, Use of regular timely update,
comment banks, Criterion based with clear
Comments often descriptors, Focused and
summative, Limited word relevant comments with
count available for formative aspect.
comments.
 What are the characteristics of
the 21st century learners?
They learn by doing. (Problem Solvers)

 They collaborate in a better way than

before.(Good Collaborators)

They have more access to technology,

specially to internet. (Information and
Technology Literate)
 What are the characteristics of
the 21st century learners?
They are not afraid of making mistakes.
They do not learn in a linear way.
(Flexible and adaptable)
They are more creative and inventive than
years before. (Innovative and Creative)
(Critical Thinker, Good Communicator,
Globally Competent and Financial Literate)
 20th Century Lesson
Design
• Content Coverage
 Teachers cover content
through direct instruction
and move at a pace to
ensure that all materials
SINGLE DISCIPLINE
is presented, whether it is
learned or not.
21st Century Lesson
Design
• Learning and Doing
 Teacher design lessons
and projects to address
essential academic
standards. Student
PROCESS AND
INTERDISCIPLINARY
performance on projects
demonstrates proficiency
or deficiency with respect
to standards. Intervention
is done for students not
meeting standards
• One learning style
 e.g all works is submitted
in written form
• Learning content is focus
on covering content
• Addressing the learning
styles of all learners
 use different means of
presenting information.
Methods are based on
the preferences of
individual students or
groups.
• Learner-directed Learning
20th Century Instructional 21st Century Instructional
Focus Focus

• Content as the center of • Learner as the center of

instruction instruction
• Learning is typically only • Learning is multi-
focused with only the sensory, hands-on,
brain in mind, authentic, and relevant
sometimes not seen as • Multiple Sources of
relevant by the students Information including
• Textbook Dependent Technology
• Technology as a luxury • Technology fully
integrated into the
classroom
20th Century Instructional 21st Century Instructional
Focus Focus

• Looks for one answer for • Looks for multiple

students. answers from students.
 Teacher pose low-level  Pose questions that
questions that require require high-level thinking
recall answers. Emphasis with multiple solutions.
placed on correct answer. Emphasis placed on the
types of questions.
20th Century Instructional 21st Century Instructional
Strategies Strategies
• The focus in learning is • Learning how to learn
by memorizing and  Using information to
recalling information. develop authentic
 Teachers spend most projects where mastery
time involved in direct of information is
instruction, with demonstrated in the way
assessment occurring as information is
a test at the end where demonstrated in the way
recall of information is information is used in the
tested. project.
Memorization Higher Order
and Recall Thinking Skills
• Teachers do most of the • Learners doing more
work and talking during talking and working than
class time the educator during class
time
• ISOLATION • COLLABORATIVE
• Whole Group • Flexible Grouping
Configuration Configuration Based on
Individual Student Needs
 All students receive the  Teachers group students
same instruction. One based on needs. Instruction
seldom is to the whole group.
size fits all. Rather, instruction occurs with
individuals, pairs, or small
groups as needed.
 Teachers do most of the
 Learners doing more talking
work and talking during
and working than the educator
class time during class time
Single Instructional Multiple Instructional
and Learning and Learning
Modality Modalities to Include
All Students
20th Century Instructional 21st Century Instructional
and Technology Tools and Technology Tools

• Technology as an add- • Technology seamlessly

on, specialty, or integrated into the
afterthought curriculum
• Textbook-driven • Research-driven
• Paper/Pencil driven • Multimedia driven
• Printed Assessments • Multiple Forms of
Assessments
20th Century Assessment 21st Century Assessment
Practices Practices
• Summative assessments • Ongoing, Formative
for accountability of assessments for and by
teachers and the school students to increase
• Rigid timetables and learning
supervision • Ability to self organize/
• Written exam self-directed
• Oral exam • Continuous
• Group
• Online (e.g.
Edmodo.com)
TEACHERS ARE YOU…?
3 quotes about 21st century learners

“Twenty-first-century learning means that

students master content while producing,
synthesizing, and evaluating information
from a wide variety of subjects
and sources with an understanding
of and respect for diverse cultures.”
Barnett Berry
Founder and CEO, Center for Teaching Quality
3 quotes about 21st century learners
“Success in the 21st century
requires knowing how to learn.
Students today will likely have
several careers in their lifetime.
They must develop strong critical thinking
and interpersonal communication skills
in order to be successful in
an increasingly fluid, interconnected,
and complex world.”
Karen Cator Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S.
Department of Education
3 quotes about 21st century learners

“Adaptability, complex communication skills,

non-routine problem solving,
self-management, and systems-thinking
are essential skills
in the 21st-century workforce.”

Susan Rundell Singer

Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of Natural Sciences,
Carleton College
Thank you for your attention!