New Learning for the New Century Brian LevinStankevich President Eastern Washington University

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New Learning for the New Century???????Brian
Levin-StankevichPresidentEastern Washington
University????????

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The 21st Century Reality Globalization21??--????
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• For multi-national companies
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• For countries
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• For individuals
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• Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat, 2005

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Education for the Century?????????

• 5 critical student learning outcomes
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• Strong analytical, communication, quantitative
  and information skills
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• Our definition of learning is changing ... We
  recognize that graduates need to have acquired
  skills, such as critical thinking, quantitative
  reasoning, and effective communication, along
  with such abilities as finding needed information
  and working well with others. Carol Twigg,
  Educom Review
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• Five Educational Outcomes from Our Students Best
  Work, American Association of Colleges
  Universities, 2004

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Critical Learning Outcomes?????????

• 2. Deep understanding and hands-on experience
  with the inquiry practices of the disciplines.
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• You need to understand things in order to
  invent beyond them.???????????????,????.
• Bill Gates, Microsoft

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Critical Learning Outcomes?????????

• Intercultural knowledge and collaborative
  problem-solving skills.
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• In thinking about the world in the 21st
  century and what it needs to have for leaders,
  whether they are in small towns or major
  corporations, it is so essential that our
  leadersas well as ordinary citizenshave a
  global understanding.
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• Lou Anna Simon, President, Michigan State
  University

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Critical Learning Outcomes?????????

• Integrative habits of mind and intellectual
  flexibility.
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• Enterprises that focus on technical aptitude
  alone will fail to align workforce performance
  with business value. They need to build a team of
  versatilists who build a rich portfolio of
  knowledge and competencies.
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Critical Learning Outcomes?????????

• Proactive sense of responsibility.
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• Ours is a world lived in common with others.
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• Maxine Greene

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Global Learning for the New Century???????

• Our world requires that higher education accept
  the responsibility for preparing globally
  educated students. We cannot fail in this
  responsibility.
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• John Welty, President, California State
  University, Fresno