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Transcript of The 21 st Century Learner Siegfried Ramler IFE 2020 March 3, 2009.
The 21st Century Learner
Siegfried RamlerIFE 2020
March 3, 2009
The SettingFour Key Pillars of Education:
Learning to Know
Learning to do
Learning to be
Learning to Live Together
UNESCO’S Commission on Education for the 21st Century
Global LiteracyUnderstanding global linkages impacting past,
present and future
Alternatives to a textbook centered curriculum:Use of primary sources, such as key documents,
speeches, articles of a given period to stimulate analysis and critical thinking
Inter-disciplinary and team approach in the teaching of a civilization, integrating literature, language and the arts in the historical context and calling for a collaboration of teachers across the curriculum,
Change DynamicsThe rapidity of change and volatility of the 21st
century environment.
Learning and teaching go beyond transmission of knowledge of past historical events and extend to issues and challenges dealing with the present and future
Dealing with issues, predicaments and dilemmas from a global perspective, preparing students to cope with a rapidly changing environment.
New Learning ModelsAnticipatory learning with student participation
in past-present-future scenarios.
Models of study units, beginning with exploration of the students’ local setting and expanding across cultures and boundaries to manifestations abroad .
A conceptual framework for curriculum, which places teaching and learning into a global context with alternate scenarios projecting into the future
Social and Ethnic Diversity
Enriching educational experiences through school-community programs featuring diverse cultures.
Bringing speakers and presenters from diverse cultural backgrounds into the school setting.
Inviting civic leaders from diverse backgrounds and faiths for presentations and dialogue leading to multi-ethnic understanding, cooperation and conflict resolution
Extending Education Outside the Academic Environment
Instilling Social Responsibility
Mapping community needs.
Service learning projects.
Exploration of social policies and issues of legislation and governance which impact social conditions.
Expand from exploration of local conditions to an understanding of global challenges
Education for Ecological Literacy“Human history becomes more and more a race
between education and catastrophe” – H.G. Wells
Universal challenges requiring an understanding of the interaction of humans and the earth’s system.
Education for sustainability requires an interdisciplinary framework of learning and teaching, going beyond the biological and physical sciences.
Education for Economic LiteracyHome-school link towards economic literacy in
early childhood education
Cross-disciplinary approach in integrating economics in the study of societies – local, national and global.
Potential for “hands-on” classroom experiences in economic understanding
Career exploration opportunities
Study and Service AbroadInternational studying, living and serving as a
core component of the school experience.
Transformative impact of the study abroad experience.
Second language mastery – a vital aspect of schooling in a global environment
21st Century LearnerThe wired universe – pervasive impact of
technology on today’s learner.
Disconnect between schooling and non-formal ways the learner obtains information.
Potential of technology and the media to bring the classroom into the world and the world into the classroom.
Information literacy and media literacy – essential requirements for analysis and critical thinking in the educational environment