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You need to have some champions, you need to have some people who are Believers

and the opportunity to teach differently.

                                                                               ~  Dean, the University of Arizona.

 

This shift will be regarded as threatening by some, viewed as a hostile act by some


but it will be an absolutely necessary thing to do in order to make schools of education relevant to the future.


~ Dr.Sharon P. Robinson, President and CEO, Association of Colleges of Teacher Education


  • We need 2 types of skills : Non-routine thinking and complex communications.
  • Schools need to equip students with a set of skills and capabilities for them to figure things out on their own. 
  • We have to help people understand how to use their talents, their knowledge their abilities to better themselves and their society.
  • We need to instill the capacity for students to have  passion for asking questions. 
  • The focus should shift from one of teaching to one of learning. 
  • Every student of the 21st Century need to be able to critically think, problem solve, innovate, collaborate, communicate, be globally aware, be self-directed and be technologically literate - these are the new outcomes of the 21st Century. 
  • It's about evaluating content and critically examining it rather than rote-memorization.
  • Teachers have to have, first and foremost, these 21st Century Skills in order for students to model after them. 


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Written by: Sloane Mak Thursday, 21 October 2010 09:24 Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2010 11:05