1. Creating a 21st Century
Classroom
Exploring the Concepts of
Critical Thinking and Creativity
2. “The formulation of
a problem is often
more essential than
its solution.”
http://www.factsofworld.com/albert-einstein-facts
– Albert Einstein
3. What we Valued: Then and Now
20th Century View 21st Century View
• Completing homework and • Generating and applying
class work correctly knowledge
• Mastering the basics must • Using creative and critical
occur before students approaches to problem-
move to broader skills solving and decision-making
• Educational Success = • Educational Success =
Reproducing Knowledge Extrapolating from what
we know and applying that
knowledge to novel
situations
4. A Generation Ago…
• Teachers could expect
that what they taught
would last students a
lifetime.
• One of our greatest
challenges was
FINDING information.
• Our major task was to be
able to RECALL it.
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5. Now…
• Our world is experiencing
rapid economic and
social change
• Schools must prepare
students for jobs that have
not yet been created,
technologies that have not
yet been invented, and
problems that we do not
yet know will arise.
7. And yet…
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8. Times have changed…
So What?
• We need a way
to engage
students that
represents the
way learning
occurs in the
world outside
the classroom.
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10. By the end of this session
participants will…
• Explore the concepts of critical thinking and
creativity as 21st Century skills
• Engage with online tools to help foster critical
thinking and creativity
• Review the North Carolina Educator
Evaluation System standards to understand
the role 21st Century skills play in professional
growth
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15. “Learning and innovation skills are
what separate students who are
prepared for increasingly complex
life and work environments in the
21st century and those who are not."
Principal's Evaluation Handbook (p. 13) citation)
Notes de l'éditeur
At your table, take 1 minute to discuss this quote, what it means to you as a science teacher, and what it means in regards to our students. Have a representative from each group share.
The biggest issue was finding information. Card catalogs, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Textbooks, and Topic-Specific Books were our main sources of information. The card catalog I used in high school had most of the same cards as my parents pulled when they were in high school. Information didn’t change and update as often.
The game changer: students don’t really need us for content anymore. Think about what you teach that students could not find on Google.. What is there? The big things they need from us include support and guidance regarding: how to collaborate, how to analyze, how to evaluate, how to communicate effectively, how to connect our content to other disciplines, their lives, and the world around them, and how to self-monitor and self-assess. These are skills we can help student develop through our content.
Reminds me of the Bob Dylan Song, “The Times, They are a Changin’”
Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning provide students with all of these opportunities.
Explain the p21 rainbow. Though Technology is a component, other skills are required to facilitate 21 st Century learning. Today, we will focus on the 4Cs. Lovely model, but not a great tool…not a lot you can do with it. Above horizon – core content and outcomes in the classroom Below horizon – supports Roman Architecture… arch – keystone…most important part…. 100 years ago…. What would be the same? Much has changed… the keystone that holds this all together has not changed over the past years…. Remains constant. Keystone that holds whole model together.
Come back
Teachers who want to move up the rating scale cannot ignore these 21 st Century skills. To move from proficient to accomplished in standard I, the teacher must “communicate to students the vision of being prepared for life in the 21 st century”. Discuss how the 4Cs are embedded in the distinguished category.