21st century learning

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21 ST CENTURY LEARNING

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21ST C

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OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES

Understand the characteristics of 21st learning classrooms

Review 21st century skills and how they are assessed

Learn how Formative and Summative assessment are used in 21st century classrooms

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INTRODUCTION

Technology, globalization and a growing consciousness around critical social issues have influenced our professional and personal lives.

There is need for a shift in education practice so that todays students are prepared for tomorrow’s world.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF 21ST CENTURY CITIZENS

Communication & collaboration in the work place

Creativity and innovation at work

Critical thinking and problem solving in our homes and work lives

Being independent flexible and adapting changes in our personal lives

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SKILLS IN THE CLASSROOM

Teaching in the 21st century goes beyond knowledge, retention and memorising

Students need to master skills, knowledge and expertise

Some 21st century skills defined are

Creativity and innovation

Critical thinking and problem solving

Information Literacy

Flexibility and adaptability

Initiative/ self direction

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TEACHING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

Skills must be experienced, modeled or taught explicitly, practised and assessed throughtout

Students and teachers need to assess 21st century skills with different methods.

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21ST CENTURY ASSESSMENT PRACTICES

Formative Assessment

Summative Assessment

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ROLE OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Formative Assessment takes place before and after a unit of study it forms an understanding of learning that is in progress.

It includes observing students, having students share their work or reviewing students work.

It results in enhanced students learning and helps teachers gain an understanding of what students know ( and don’t know) in order to make responsive changes in teaching and learning.

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Formative Assessment alone do not improve student learning. It must be used constructively to meet individual needs and to help students become independent learners

Some benefits of Formative Assessment are

Higher test scores

Improved achievement for lower achieving students

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Social development

Students empowerment

Instantaneous feedback

Learning gains

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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Summative Assessment is used at the end of learning. It may be a test or final paper.

It develops a deeper understanding of content skills and application of content learning and demonstration of skill mastery.

Summative Assessment is made up of products and performances.

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PRODUCTS

Products are artifacts students design create and build to show learning often completed at the end of a project eg reports , design, essay, print media, and multi media

Performances are demonstrations that students design and conduct to show learning at the end of a project eg presentation, skill demonstrations , artistic/creative presentation.