Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Learning in the 21st Century - 6 problems with our School system

After watching this video, it validates what I have been learning about in Mindlab and how I wish to change my pedagogy to be. How can I empower my students to be more collaborative, think for themselves and manage their time effectively as well as following their passions?

Highlighted in this video are 6 problems:- What I need to do so that these problems aren't so evident in my class..

1. Industrial Age Values - By encouraging creativity, communication of ideas and working collaboration I will be setting up my students up for the 21st Century.
2. Lack of Autonomy and Control - By empowering the children to manage their own time and make decisions in regards to their own learning, I will be enabling the children to have more autonomy. It is important that I ensure that the children are filling in their timetables to how they want to.
3. Inauthentic Learning - I need the learning in my classroom to be more authentic and deeper, I can do this by using NOTICE/THINK/IMITATE/INNOVATE.
4. No Room for Passions and Interests - By using the Learner Pathways and the children's passions I can elevate the learning that is happening in the classroom. Using questions such as "What are you good at?" "What do you want to do?", I will be able to encourage the children to follow their passions, and likes. I need to recognise all of the potential in the class.
5. How we learn - By recognising the needs of the children in how they learn, how much time it takes and by being open to giving those who need more, more, whether it be more tools and resources that cater for the individuals, I will be giving all my students a good chance to learn.
6. Lecturing - I need change my role in the class, to be one of a facilitator of learning, encouraging the children to find and access knowledge through digital technology and collaboration. I can do this by setting up Google classroom where the children can access the information in a range of ways and for their own needs.

If I want to prepare my students for the modern world, learning to effective and engaging I need to fundamentally change the way I do things in my classroom.



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