21st Century Learning and Teaching

"Von Lehrern kann erwartet werden, dass sie über ihr Fach hinausdenken, mit anderen Berufen kooperieren."

Von den Schülern kann man keine wesentlich besseren Fähigkeiten zur Interaktion und Beteiligung erwarten, als das alltägliche Vorbild in der Schulgemeinschaft zulässt. Die wichtigste Aufgabe der Schule ist es daher, den Boden für eine Gesellschaft des Vertrauens zu bereiten. Und von Lehrern kann erwartet werden, dass sie über ihr Fach hinausdenken, mit anderen Berufen kooperieren. So werden die Schüler in Problemsituationen die jeweils angemessene fachliche Hilfe erhalten.

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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Jane-Hart

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Competency

This concept of connection with the community is an exciting and interesting part of the Wayfinding Academy. While there will be some core courses of study for each student, Michelle envisions learning experiences where you walk into the room and find it hard to tell who is professor, full-time student, and who is a community member participating for personal growth and interest. It is a vision for an open learning community, one that blurs the distinctions between what happens in the school and what happens in the community. Students will spend signficant time in the community, and community members will hopefully be engaged and present in the school. As I listened to Michelle explain this vision, I pictured a community where the role of teacher and student is played by all.

When speaking with colleagues or friends, most of whom are higher education graduates, I often hear the following: I was rubbish at maths, I don’t remember anything; after high school I couldn't even hold a conversation in English; we didn't learn anything about the origin of religions; I memorised the periodic table in chemistry class but I've completely forgotten it all, etc.
If even those who were the most successful in their studies feel that they are lacking entire sections of fundamental knowledge, what is the situation for those who left school early? What purpose does it serve to learning things at different educational levels when these things become dead knowledge when we never use them again?

Reflections such as these often arouse an interest in using competences in teaching. The objective here is not to replace the traditional knowledge that has come to us from the major disciplines with more practical but less lofty competences. On the contrary, the aim is to clearly identify the skills and knowledge – defined as competences – that are indispensable for these important fields, and to organise teaching and learning in a way that guarantees a command of these.

Learn more:

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Competency