21st Century Education

We know that the 21st century learner is: 

• a multitasker, digitally literate, mobile, experimental and social
• good at reading visual images, craves interactivity, likes to learn through exploration
• and highly values games and simulations. 

  So 21st century learning should be:
   

• authentic, social, mental model building, collaborative , international and holistic.

  Therefore 21st century teaching should: 

  • have meaningful and authentic activities
  • incorporate ICT into the classroom
  • raise global and cultural awareness
  • set up well designed and managed learning projects (reports, videos, portfolios, journals, presentations, etc.)
  • enhance group/team work
  • create thematic learning cycles
  • try cross-cultural teaching
  • promote intercultural awareness
  • establish international collaboration
  • nourish holistic education

  Looking through this list, a question rises:’too much or too little?’ In this Blogathon 2013 we have covered a lot of these topics and qualities. The ones we haven’t written about should remain for our future plans, for our everyday work. 

  As a final word, Plato’s answer can be quoted here: ’Through education we need to help students find pleasure in what they have to learn.’