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LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Meredith Alford, Tara Gander & Emily Schmidt
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Innovative
Environment to Foster Skill:Hands On Project Learning
Let students think for themselves and problem solve, don’t give them answers after one wrong answer, adding to or remixing content, provide real world problems and seeking viable solutions
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Problem Solver
Environment to Foster Skill:Problem-based projects
Teachers need to facilitate instruction but let students figure out the task in order to complete the overall goal of the course
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Leadership Skills
Environment to Foster Skill:Provide opportunities for leadership within
classrooms, school and communities
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Researcher/ Information Seeker
Environment to Foster Skill:More classroom activities that require
research skills
Teaching students to research and not copy & paste, copyright knowledge, using various sources, not just going to Google, being able to evaluate relevant research sites and materials
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Critical Thinkers
Environment to Foster Skill:Provide students with higher order
thinking skills related learning opportunities
Teachers need to facilitate instruction but let students figure out the task in order to complete the overall goal of the course
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Adaptable
Environment to Foster Skill:A variety of technology resources
available to students
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Globally Aware
Environment to Foster Skill:Teach students that a world exists outside
of their own communities and make them globally aware
21ST CENTURY SKILLSWhat We Want:Team Player
Environment to Foster Skill:Provide group work opportunities, offer
guidance (team-building tasks)
