Transcript 21st Century Thinking Skills
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Sally Creel Science Supervisor
21 st 20 th Century Skills Framework Century Education Model Student Outcomes Support Systems
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21 st Century Skills & Themes
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Learning and innovation skills
increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. * A focus on
creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration ( the “4 C’s”)
is essential to prepare students for the future.
* To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to
exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media and technology
. Literacy now includes: Information Literacy, Media Literacy, and ICT (Information, Communications & Technology) Literacy
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21 st Century Skills & Themes
* Today’s life and work environments require the ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate
life and career skills
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Flexibility and adaptability
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Initiative and self-direction
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Social and cross-cultural skills
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Productivity and accountability
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Leadership and responsibility
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21 st Century Skills & Themes
• Beyond basic competency in core subjects to promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving
21st century interdisciplinary themes
into core subjects: –
Global awareness
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Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
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Civic literacy
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Health literacy
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Environmental literacy
21 st Century Support Systems
21 st Century Support Systems
21 st Century Support Systems
21 st Century Support Systems
Framework for 21 st Century Learning www.wordle.net
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Turn & Talk
• In your table groups, discuss why developing 21
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Century Skills in your students is important .
“My name was David, but that sounded old fashioned. So I shortened it to DVD.”
Why Do Students Need 21 st Century Skills?
To compete in a global economy to achieve in gatekeeper courses to collaborate to problem solve effectively
21 st Century Student Outcomes
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Information and Technology Literacy
KEY POINTS:
* 21 st Century Skills is not only technology literacy.
* There are two layers to technology literacy: * Developing students’ proficiency with the technology (the tools).
* Integrating technology into the curriculum as a means to access the content.
* Information literacy should be developed across content areas.
21 st Century Student Outcomes
21 st Century Student Outcomes
Life and Career Skills
Flexibility & Adaptability Social & Cross-Cultural Skills Leadership & Responsibility Initiative & Self-Direction Productivity & Accountability
21 st Century Student Outcomes
21 st Century Student Outcomes
Learning & Innovation Skills
Critical Thinking Problem-Solving Creativity & Innovation Communication & Collaboration
Problem-Based Learning
Higher-Level Thinking Skills
* Problem solving * Analysis * Synthesis * Creativity * Reflection and meta-cognition
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Turn & Talk
• • What are your thoughts about DOK? What questions do you have?
Problem-Based Learning
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The single best way to grow a better brain is to engage in challenging problem solving. Surprisingly, it doesn’t matter to our brains whether we come up with the right answer or not: the neural growth happens because of the process, not because we have found the correct answer.”
“Teaching with the Brain in Mind” by Eric Jensen
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Implementing Problem-Based Learning Real World Problem Create a Plan Organize Materials & Resources Students Work in Groups
Quick Strategies
Learning & Innovation Skills
* Explain your thinking * Open-ended tasks * Creating pictorial representations * Content links
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Problem-Based Learning Conclusion KEY POINTS:
* Problem-based learning sets forth a real-life problem to be solved.
* There are multiple ways to differentiate a problem-based lesson to meet students needs e.g. scaffolding, leveled questions, tiered problems, use of multiple intelligences.
* Strategically Plan: -grouping of students and roles of group members -your role and time spent working with groups -time students need to solve the problem how you will meet students’ levels for readiness in the lesson
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Problem-Based Learning
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