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What is the Modern Learner and how do we teach them?
What is the Modern Learner and how do we teach them?
What is the Modern Learner?
The past 20 years have been defined by a dramatic shift in teaching and learning. Fact memorization of "drill and kill" has been replaced with higher-order thinking skills, problem-solving and critical thinking. Modern teaching and learning are slowly replacing the outdated traditional models.
Throughout this course you will analyze various resources to answer the question, what is a modern learner and how do we teach them?
Section 1: Traditional Vs Modern Education
Section 1: Traditional Vs Modern Education
What is the Modern Learner? Use the following resources formulate a definition of a traditional learner to a modern learner. Please complete part 1 of the worksheet.
Section 2: Are you a Modern Teacher? Do you have a Modern Learning Environment?
Section 2: Are you a Modern Teacher? Do you have a Modern Learning Environment?
Take a look at your past lessons. Do they reflect more of a Traditional Learning Environment or a Modern Learning Environment?
1. Use the resources from Section 2 to complete the chart of vision of a Modern Learning Environment and You!
Section 3: Your Classroom as Modern Learning Environment?
Section 3: Your Classroom as Modern Learning Environment?
Write a lesson, citing resources from the course, that would create a full Modern Learning Environment.
The lesson must contain:
- One of the examples from the article, Methodologies that every 21st Century Teacher Should Know
- One of the examples from the article, 10 Principals for Schools of Modern Learning
- design for a Flexible Learning Environment.
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