21st Century Learning Creative Learning

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21st Century LearningCreative Learning

• The 21st century learner will learn about the
  world from parents, media, friends, teachers and
  life experiences.
• The question is what will they learn, from where
  and how will they interpret and act on this
  information.
• As educators we should ask what part we play in
  that process and whether this is by design or by
  default.

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Where Are We Now?

• At Two Waters we are teaching and learning within
  a curriculum that was developed by the Government
  from 1999. We have developed our curriculum using
  all the new strategies and initiatives that have
  been introduced over the years
• It focuses on knowledge and skills and we have
  naturally integrated qualities into our teaching
  and modelled the personal qualities we want
  children to develop. We now need to focus more on
  these qualities and see how we can integrate them
  into the school curriculum in a natural way that
  is not contrived

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• 21st Century learners will need certain
  qualities, knowledge, understanding and skills
  that may actually be very different from the ones
  they end up using when they enter the adult world
• However the qualities they will need to enter the
  global economy and to become a responsible
  citizen are less likely to change
• These qualities are not a subject but a context
  for and an approach to all learning
• New guidance gives us flexibility to change and
  to integrate these qualities into the school
  curriculum and the whole school environment
• We need to identify the qualities and create a
• curriculum that integrates knowledge, skills
  and
• qualities

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What Qualities Do You Think Are Important For The
21st Century Learner?

• Committed
• Motivated
• Co-operative
• Resourceful
• Flexible
• Open-Minded
• Independent
• These are not a set of key concepts that have to
  be
• learnt. It is about ways of engaging and relating
  and
• ways of thinking and knowing. These are Global
  qualities
• and will aid children throughout their lives.

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Global Learning In Practice

• Make Global learning an every day norm
• As part of our teaching we always relate learning
  to every day living. We are learning this today
  because
• Often we will ask the children why are we
  learning this today? How will this help us in our
  everyday life?
• We create an atmosphere in our school where
  children can ask questions
• We discuss difficult issues and answer
• questions

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• We explore through stories, drama, role play,
  puppets, photographs, internet etc
• We embed as part of every day teaching and
  classroom practice
• We underpin through fostering values of fair
  play, self respect and respect for others and the
  environment both inside and outside school
• We celebrate using the diversity within the
  classroom, school and community both at a local
  and global level

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Our New Curriculum

• What do we want
• We have now put together our long term plans.
  Our next step is to plan in the medium term so
  that we give opportunities for our children to
  engage and have ownership of the learning. In
  this way we can instinctively build on the
  qualities we have agreed on.

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Finally Consider This!

• The sand tray at Nursery, this is what we learn
• Share everything
• Play fair
• Dont hit people
• Put things back where you found them
• Clean up our own mess
• Dont take things that arent yours
• Say you are sorry when you hurt someone
• These are the qualities.
• What knowledge can the children gain in the sand
  tray?
• What are the skills they can develop?
• How do we plan for knowledge, skills and
  qualities?