...James McNulty EDU-209 January 1, 1999 Mrs Crabtree Students of the 21st Century For this assignment I observed an “age group swim meet” in Springfield. I volunteered as a timer, which allowed me an up close and personal view of the kids I was observing. There were three separate swim teams participating in the meet, which totaled around 60-80 swimmers. There was 4 distinct age groups that competed: 8 years old and under, 9 & 10 year olds, 11 & 12 year olds, and 13 & 14 year olds. My nephew competed in the 9 & 10 group, and my niece swam in the 11 & 12 group, so naturally I focused more on those swimmers. This observation allowed me a great insight into many of the social customs and practices of a 21st Century student-athlete. At the beginning of the meet, I observed many swimmers exhibiting a great deal of anxiety. They frequently complained about the events they were signed up to swim, and felt unsure about how they would do in the events. Their postures were often hunched over or bunched up, and their tone was often muted. As the meet progressed and they realized that their reservations were unwarranted they became more boisterous, and confident about their next events. Their posture improved, and they began to exhibit more energetic postures and motions when lining up for their events. The swimmers were always very positive and encouraging when interacting with each other, weather they were on the same team or not. The would stand behind the starting block and...
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...Diana Lovato EDU-210 February 8, 2015 Instructor Winter Students in the 21st Century As I age I have realized that the life of a young person has changed drastically in comparison to the way I grew up. When I was thirteen I did not have a cell phone, and the internet was an uncommon luxury; not a customary part of life. Now as an adult I find that I understand less, and with time, more changes are in store for the next up and coming generation. For the past ten years I have been a youth leader at my church to teenagers from ages thirteen to twenty. I decided to conduct my observation on a church youth social gathering. The young people had gathered together at the church to play board games, however after about twenty five minutes into the beginning of the gathering the young people had not managed to actually start any of the games. Instead the girls spent their time taking pictures of themselves and each other with their phones. It was weird to watch the girls ignore each other and still communicate; they were not talking in person, but communicating on social media. In my opinion the young ladies had taken a lot of time on their appearance; having their hair, make-up, and clothing looking as though they were going out for a night on the town, and not a night of board games. The young men all high fived and fist bumped upon arrival and gathered together in a corner where they all took their phones out. The boys had brief moments of communication when they would share...
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...Alicia Nunez June 14, 2015 Edu 210 Kimberly Werking Students in the 21st Century I made my observation inside a local peter piper pizza Friday night around 9 p.m. I chose this location because I have seen teenage students hang out for hours of the night. Throughout my observation, I noticed that the group of six students. It was evident that they had poor communication skills. Either they were extremely loud and obnoxious shouting, or sitting in a bunch starting into their phones. When there pizzas came, they finally put down their phones and began eating. Never once engaging in conversation. When I was younger, we would go to dinner just to hang out and talk and I noticed these kids hardly spoke. The one time a conversation engaged amongst them,was when one of the students had some sauce on him. Instantly four of the students pulled out there phones and began laughing and taking pictures. They all began to laugh and reenact the situation, taking pictures and making videos on their phone. Throughout my 2-hour period sitting in the table behind them, I did not notice not one time these kids go play video games. It was visible they had no topic of discussion. The main topics were there pictures and sending it to one another on one another’s social network site. I observed the group of kids take up to 45 minutes positioning themselves in preparation of a photo. Once the photo was taken, they all took turns looking at the photo and sharing it with one another...
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...I completed my survey inside of a high school hockey locker room. This locker room is full of a lot of personalities. In the locker room you have immature to mature, girls and boys. This locker room is a condensed room of all different types of people. Social/interpersonal behaviors- While conducting my survey the first thing that I noticed right away was that the kids all swear, a lot. The kid’s in that locker room would swear almost every other word out of theirs mouths. When talking one on one with each other I noticed right away that they have bad manners, either texting while being spoken too. Not only texting, but also most of the kids make no eye contact when talking to each other. Topics of discussion- In the locker room their lots of different discussions, since the team is made up of mostly teen boys, a lot of talk was about girls. Being younger myself I found it funny listening them talk about whom they like, and how they are going to ask them on dates. The biggest shock for me was how much the kids complained. If something little went wrong they complained about. One conversation I found interesting was one kid said that since his parents are so well off he doesn’t have to try in school. Even though that may be true it just shows the immaturity of these teens. Common phrases and verbiage- Being teenagers they say a lot of weird things. Only being twenty one years of age I still like to think of myself as down to earth and still think I know a little...
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...LANGUAGE TEACHING IS EFFECTIVE FOR 21st CENTURY STUDENTS The functional approach is a methodology that allows the learner to “function” effectively; is based not in the linguistic analysis of the content to be taught but on what is usually designated as the learner’s needs. Regarding Halliday´s theory, this approach is concerned with the way language is organized to fulfill communicative functions. What is more, it aims to account for three basic kinds of meaning, the ideational, the interpersonal and the textual and last but not least each element in a language is explained by reference to its function in the total linguistic system. In the 21st Century the learner’s needs are not the same now as the ones in the 20th century since the students are not the same nor the society. In the 21st Century classroom, Teachers are facilitators of students’ learning and creators of productive classroom environments in which students can develop the skills they will need in their workplace mainly. As the 21st Century classroom is student centered, teachers no longer function as lecturers but as facilitators of learning. The students are learning by doing, so they need to be aware of their participation in the language production. Today there is an increasing emphasis on involving students in decisions affecting their own learning- getting them to take responsibility for their own learning decisions, and to consciously develop learning skills, and now students’ role is really important in...
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...EDU 695 Week 1 Assignment 21st Century Framework Revision NEW To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/edu-695-ash/edu-695-week-1-assignment-21st-century-framework-revision-new This assignment re-introduces you to the framework of 21st Century Skills that you will consider each week as you work to redesign prior coursework for your ePortfolio. Note that a similar format is followed for each of the assignments in this course. You will upload this assignment to the course for evaluation and to your ePortfolio (Pathbrite). Specifically, after reviewing the Framework for 21st century learning, you will redesign or modify a prior assignment from one of your courses in the MAED program that represents your mastery of the MAED program learning outcomes 1, 2, and 3. An assignment you may want to redesign could be in the form of a lesson plan or teaching unit you previously created for a course. Your redesign of the assignment must show a representation of 21st-century learning through incorporation of student outcomes and support systems, which are defined as follows: • Student Outcomes: Learning and Innovations Skills (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity), Core Subjects 3Rs and 21st Century Themes, Information, Media, and Technology Skills, Life and Career Skills. • Support Systems: Standards and assessments, curriculum and instruction, professional development, learning environments. When selecting an assignment to redesign...
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...Framework for 21st Century Learning The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a vision for student success in the new global economy. 21st Century Student Outcomes and Support Systems 21ST CENTURY STUDENT OUTCOMES To help practitioners integrate skills into the teaching of core academic subjects, the Partnership has developed a unified, collective vision for learning known as the Framework for 21st Century Learning. This Framework describes the skills, knowledge and expertise students must master to succeed in work and life; it is a blend of content knowledge, specific skills, expertise and literacies. Every 21st century skills implementation requires the development of core academic subject knowledge and understanding among all students. Those who can think critically and communicate effectively must build on a base of core academic subject knowledge. Within the context of core knowledge instruction, students must also learn the essential skills for success in today’s world, such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration. When a school or district builds on this foundation, combining the entire Framework with the necessary support systems—standards, assessments, curriculum and instruction, professional development and learning environments—students are more engaged in the learning process and graduate better prepared to thrive in today’s global economy. Publication date: 12/09 177 N. Church Avenue, Suite 305 Tucson, AZ 85701 ...
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...struggling for student enrollment, school choice would help eliminate the bad ones. When schools are depleted of students, they close. Unfortunately, this leads to restricted space at the successful schools (Hopkinson). A likely result of conflict between schools due to school choice could be the elimination of small town, public schools and limited enrollment in large, private schools. This could possibly have another effect on private schools as well. “With more schools vying for tuition money, the quality of private schooling may suffer in the process, leaving some parents actually paying out of pocket for a lesser education than they would...
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...emphasized in the 21st century due to the increasing competition in the workforce. We will be focusing on education in the years after 2010, which is in the third phase of education “Ability-driven Education”, from 1997 to the present. (MOE, 1997) The 21st century competencies include communication, collaboration and information skills, civic literacy, global awareness and cross-cultural skills, literacy skills like media and technology literacy, life skills such as social and leadership skills and lastly, critical and inventive thinking skills....
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...In the 21st century, the world is changing and becoming increasingly complex as the flow of information increases and becomes more accessible day by day. The world is radically more different than it was just a few years ago, hard to imagine that it’s such a short period of time - the world and its people, economies and cultures have become inextricably connected, driven by the Internet, new innovations and low-cost telecommunications technology. A computer is a must, to be a successful student, in this modern age, all the required information and communication is accessible online. The education is structured for all students, regardless of background or community, so that they have the opportunity not only to reach their goals but to contribute the modern society as well, because education is not just an individual prosperity, because if you really think about it, it also serves a public good. The education acquired must ensure that everyone remains fully functional in such an increasingly demanding and knowledge-based society will require a constantly rising level of skills. The final result should be that education means more in terms of human survival and happiness. There is a huge connection - people who are better educated are more likely to be employed, have higher career satisfaction, live longer with improved health, have reduced participation in crime, participate in voting and volunteering, and are less likely to rely on public tax transfers or benefits...
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...21st Century Teaching and Learning: The Freedom in Teaching by: Hayati bt Zakaria @ Ariffin After I met with some English teachers when attending the new literature syllabus, I feel I was left far behind. These passionate and ablaze teachers regardless many years of teaching, still jovial and show enthusiasm teaching and adapting the new set of classroom teaching skills using some sort of standards drawn for their beloved students for them to actively engaging in any classroom activities. I was listening and admiring the personalities of each speakers as they were presenting the slides and never fail to inspire and motivate me with the latest approach on how to win students’ ‘faith’ in literature. It was astounding. After the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS or KBAT) implemented in mostly questions in SPM, I am positively sure the 21st Century Teaching and Learning is capturing my attention as it is never in my train of thoughts (). I get hooked on to it and it overwhelms me to acknowledge further what have brought Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia to implement this educational transformation via Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia (PPPM) 2013 - 2025. I could not get the idea at first, the definition, characteristics, classroom adjustments, teachers’ skills, 3 R’s and 4 C’s? teacher-centered vs students-centered education? Using technology? projector, computer? Using smartphone in classrooms? Wow! There are many websites suggesting and listing how the 21st Century Teaching...
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...TEACHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY Education has always been the tool for economic and development, for eradicating poverty, for survival and for the change. Facing the 21st century, education is quite challenging knowing that it should ensure and prepare students to be lifelong learners. Today education is no longer restricted to certain aspects there are linkages of one subject to another. Education now uses information from the internet and computers unlike years ago when only teachers and textbook were the primary source of knowledge and information. At present, education aims to expose students to different global issues and concerns. It also opens the idea that learning does not only happen within the four corners of the classroom. It can happen anywhere and anytime with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace. In the 21st century education student centered activities are given emphasis. Compared to the traditional way of teaching where the teacher do the chalk and talk and students were just mere listeners and audience. Another thing is 21st century education focus on teaching topics that will enable the learners apply what they learn to real life. “Given the challenges facing society, teachers are being required to take on new roles and must have the knowledge, confidence and resources needed to fulfil legitimate expectations of the community. Teachers must also learn throughout life and develop new skills if they...
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...302 Week 8 Assignment 2 - 21st Century Leadership - Strayer 1. Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of BUS 302 Week 8 Assignment 2 Strayer in order to ace their studies. BUS 302 WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 STRAYER To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/bus-302-week-8-assignment-2-strayer/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM BUS 302 WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 STRAYER BUS 302 Week 8 Assignment 2 - 21st Century Leadership - Strayer 1. Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of BUS 302 Week 8 Assignment 2 Strayer in order to ace their studies. BUS 302 WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 STRAYER To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/bus-302-week-8-assignment-2-strayer/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM BUS 302 WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 STRAYER BUS 302 Week 8 Assignment 2 - 21st Century Leadership - Strayer 1. Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of BUS 302 Week 8 Assignment 2 Strayer in order to ace their studies. BUS 302 WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 STRAYER To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/bus-302-week-8-assignment-2-strayer/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM BUS 302 WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 STRAYER BUS 302 Week 8 Assignment 2 - 21st Century Leadership - Strayer 1. Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of BUS 302 Week 8 Assignment...
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...new challenges and put new demands on our education system. There has been generally a growing awareness of the necessity to change and improve the preparation of students for productive functioning in the continually changing and highly demanding environment. In confronting this challenge it is necessary to consider the complexity of the education system itself and the multitude of problems that must be addressed. Clearly, no simple, single uniform approach can be applied with the expectation that significant improvements of the system will occur. Indeed, any strategy for change must contend with the diverse factors affecting the education system, the interactions of its parts, and the intricate interdependencies within it and with its environment. Following are the few consideration to improve learning. • Integrating the commonly polarized goals of education; i.e. the goal that focuses on transmitting knowledge with the goal that emphasizes the development of the individual student. • Adapting teaching to different student characteristics by using diverse methods of teaching. Adaptation to the ability levels, patterns of different abilities, learning styles, personality characteristics, and cultural backgrounds. • Integrating the curriculum by developing inter-disciplinary curriculum units that enable students to acquire knowledge from different disciplines through a unifying theme while having the opportunity to contribute in different and special ways to the objectives...
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...TECHNOLOGY PLAN Mission Statement: Teachers will promote 21st Century Pedagogy. Emphasis will be placed on core subjects to support state standards of learning. In addition, students will develop skills in creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, communications and collaboration, life skills and digital technology. Technology will be a tool to engage students in the learning process. Teachers will engage in professional development to enhance education. Teachers will prepare students for success in the 21st century global and multicultural community. Vision Statement: The 21st century student will learn to his or hers fullest potential. Technology will be woven into traditional and innovative teaching methods to enhance student learning. The needs of students will be fully addressed to prepare them for lifelong learning, personal success and independence for their future achievements. Rational: In order to prepare students of the future, it is necessary to engage students with the aid of new technologies. Students of today are digital natives. They have grown up in a society filled with innovative technology. Technology is advancing in an accelerated pace. It is role of educators to keep pace with these advances and find new and innovated ways to facilitate student learning. “Traditional 20th century educational practices will no longer provide you with the skills you need to teach your students effectively how to become productive citizens in today’s high-tech...
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