Social Change And The 21st Century Classroom

Education serves as the foundation to a lifetime of learning. Since every child is unique, I believe that it is important for them to learn in an environment that is both secure and stimulating. By creating this type of atmosphere, the students will be able to realize their intelligence and use it constructively. As a future educator, it will be my goal to establish a classroom that is, 1) non-authoritarian, 2) student-centered, and 3) focused around student experience. These three elements are part of Progressivism, the educational philosophy I plan to incorporate in my classroom.

I strongly believe that there is an urgent need for new pedagogies that develop 21st century learning for students as they prepare for their future. Schools should be looking at rethinking purpose, pedagogies, curriculum, structures, assumptions and expectations. The old pedagogies persisting into the 21st century are no longer relevant. What’s needed is a 21st century pedagogy which will serve as a paradigm that reflects a strong and creative commitment to relevance and quality learning and teaching (Whitby,

Tye article on global education, allows the reader to understand global education by providing an analysis of what global education is and how it can be useful. The author defines global education and provides clear examples on how it appears in schools. One major aspect of his analysis is that he demonstrate the appearance of a global education and inherent problems that exist in schools without the global perspective. The author states that it is important that global education creates people more socially aware capable of interacting with members outside of their community creating a cross cultural discourse.

In the essay, Do Students Lose More than They Gain in Online Writing Classes? From the publication, Brave New Classrooms (pg. 141-151), Kiefer questions whether students gain any real benefits from an online education structure. In her essay, Kiefer discusses the many shortcomings from online learning. She makes special notice of the effect of online learning on writing courses at the college level. Online learning is a rapidly expanding learning format that takes full advantage of today’s technology. Although popular, it does have its shortcomings that Kiefer addresses throughout the article. Kiefer present her argument with her experience as a writing teacher with both experience in traditional and online teachings. Within the article she

Bolstad defined 21st century learning as something that is not a fixed prescription or known formula. In fact 21st century learning is considered to be continually emerging of new ideas, beliefs, knowledge, theories and practises (Senge et. al. 2012, p.7). This then became visible in schools with an understanding of key features and themes stated by Bolstad as personalised learning, new views of equity, diversity, inclusivity, a curriculum that uses knowledge to develop learning capacity and a culture of continuous learning for teachers and educational leaders using partnerships and relationships. Teachers also have a large input into the key features of creating learning environments where students are able to work together as a team and also

Technological advances have greatly impacted student education. No longer are classrooms limited to a desk, teacher, and textbook. Brick and mortar isn’t even what is once was. On the contrary, the only one of these that may be left is the teacher. But, even the teacher of today is much different than that of a traditional teacher. Teachers have unlimited online resources and rarely use a textbook (if they even have one). Options to instruction do not just lie in the hands of the teacher, but also in the hands of the student, thus, allowing the opportunity for students to take ownership of their educations. Alternative learning settings provided by

In this assignment, you need to think about 21st century support systems, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and International Society for Technology in Education Student  (ISTE-S) standards and their relationship with quality instructional planning, delivery, and learner achievement. Using the Framework for 21st century learning as a resource, you will redesign or modify a prior activity, such as a lesson plan or curriculum project, that you created in a prior course. The redesigned coursework need to

The writer points out that even though globalization is an economic issue per Brysk (2003, p. 22), the framework formed a combination of factors is one that one must consider as an influence in education (Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007). These influences are 1) connection, 2) cosmopolitanism, 3) communication, and 4) Commodification. Each of these areas is having positive effects such as bringing together people who would not otherwise connect, or in creating the means for effective communications between peoples with different

As a future teacher, I will spend hours planning and executing lessons, but when some lessons did not go well, I may wonder, “What happened and why? Also, this experience taught myself to be proactive. Teaching uses specific strategies for students such as re-reading the problems or supplying students with additional materials. So, I’m designing an environment that influences all areas of their development.

The twenty first century brought on revolutionary changes, which has affected every faucet of human life, globally. Technology has advanced communications and economy. Ideas about interacting and talking robots are no longer dreams, but are part of reality. The world has become modernized and progress continues. And now the new generation is ready to enact another historical milestone, education. Davidson in her essay, “Project Classroom Makeover”, expresses the need and benefit that can come from merging technology and education together can bring. She realizes the educational system has remained stagnant for long enough, and is in need of great changes. Sherry Turkle in her essay “Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each

It is sure that even most schools in a country desire change toward global education. If governmental stakeholders, such as many governmental departments that are devoted to globalization educational transformation, do not take action, no change will take place. Within schools, there are departments concerned with curriculum and other areas of the school hierarchy that perform assessments and do teacher training, and ICT. These stakeholders are all essential to transform ideas into policy. It will make education more available, more equitable and successful for millions of children across the shrinking globe.

In the next three years I hope to see technology more evenly spread across the learning spectrum. Currently the core classes are the ones bursting with technological capabilities, which allows our teachers to reach the 21st century learner by being able to connect with them at their level. The 21st century uses technology for everything; they have digital calendars, notes, and they visit one another through virtual facetime sessions. We need to adapt our teaching styles to be innovative with technology so we can teach our students the timeless skills otherwise known as 21st century skills. We need to teach to the unknown, so that our students can be prepared for their

What is global education? “Global citizenship would seem a recent concept, but its origin can be traced back to at least 4th century Greece when Diogenes declared himself a cosmopolitan – a citizen of the world” (Hower, 2010, p.1). The idea of global citizenship, then, emerged even before there was a clear understanding of just what the globe entailed or who populated it, Hower, 2010, although different people and cultures were

Teaching and learning in the 21st century develop skills beyond listening, watching and remembering. Education in the 21st century incorporates advanced learning tools, development of skills, while actively involved in your own learning and environment. Also, education today is motivating while inspiring and preparing students for today’s world. Students gain the ability to adapt when needed for the changing world of tomorrow. Twenty-first century education is understanding how students learn with a more hands-on approach while building skills. However, the ‘4C’s creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration’ (Kolk, 2011) are skills that are important for students learning. Therefore, they can actively consume and create data and knowledge in ways that deliver substance and relevance to them (Bolstad, Gilbert, McDowall, Bull, Boyd & Hipkins, 2012; Watson, 2012). Clearly, the classroom in the 21st century is a modern environment. This modern environment consisting of little groups of tables placed together for students to sit and learn together as well as discuss what they are doing. Meanwhile, displaying student’s art to decorate the classroom has a sense of pride. Above all, the classroom has visible items as an interactive whiteboard, Internet access, projector and computers, accessible for student and teachers daily.

An example of the negative impact of globalization on education is Nigeria, where a plethora of local languages adds complexity to the task of educating citizens. This means that to maintain cultural diversity, allowances must be made for the multitude of local languages.