Developing 21st Century Learners & Thinkers

Presenter: Karen Boyes / Strand: Teaching & Learning / Theme: Teaching & Learning / Target Level: All

Most of the ideas in this session were taken from the work of Ted McCain

The workshop covered 6 important considerations for teaching in the 21st Century and related them to developing students as thinkers.

1. Resist the temptation to 'tell
2. Stop teaching decontextualised content
3. Stop giving students the final product of our thinking
4. Make a shift in our thinking - problems first, teaching second
5. Progressively withdraw from helping students
6. Re-evaluate evaluation