Is best elicited by open-ended design challenges e.g. Design your ideal school. A good way to encourage creativity is to limit some aspect of a design challenge, like limiting the materials that can be used to create a plane or even a bridge.

To encourage critical thinking, teachers ask students to analyze a real-world problem, listing the issues and possible solutions as they see them. Analyzing and Arguing.

A typical exercise that develops communication skills is to formulate and express an opinion. This is why doing peer review of each other’s designs or coding is so valuable for students. Listening, Reading, and Speaking.

Changes in economy and the labor market caused by Globalization and Internalization. Inspire students to be lifelong learners. Inspire students to be lifelong learners. Development of learner’s growth mindset approach. Understanding there are different talents, strengths, and opinions.

Access information efficiently and effectively, Evaluate information critically and competently, Use of information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand .

Understand how media messages are constructed, for what purposes and using which tools, characteristics and conventions.

Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information. Use digital technologies (Computer, PDA’s, Media players, GPS, etc.), Communication/ networking tools and social networks appropriately to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to successfully function in a knowledge economy.

Adapting to varied roles and responsibilities. Working effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities. characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements

energy or aptitude displayed in initiation of action, monitoring one’s own understanding and learning needs, demonstrating commitment to learning as a lifelong process, going beyond basic mastery of skills to explore and expand one’s own learning and opportunities to gain expertise.

working appropriately and productively with others, bridging cultural differences and using differing perspectives to increase innovation and the quality of work, willingness to socialize with different people, environment, and culture.

setting and meeting high standards and goals for delivering quality work on time, demonstrating diligence and a positive work ethic, a sense of obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s action.

using interpersonal and problem-solving skills to influence and guide others toward a goal, leveraging strengths of others to accomplish a common goal, demonstrating integrity and ethical behavior.

Howe and Strauss identified the 7 general characteristics

special sheltered team oriented confident pressured have a strong desire to achieve have a strong desire to achieve

The most educated generation in the history. Tech savvy, AI is their reality. Social media will be their dominant world of interaction.

They are also known as the following

iGeneration Gen tech C Generation “connected” R Generation “responsible”

The following is the characteristics of traditional teaching, Except?

The following is the characteristics of 21st century teaching, Except?

Redefined Professionalism: ______________________ Whereas reflective practices offer teachers the chance to contemplate a series of their actions or events, reflexivity refers to introspection, which is a deeper inward gaze into every interaction (Ryan, 2005)

Redefined Professionalism: ______________________ “teachers and others involved work authoritatively yet openly and collaboratively with other partners in the wider community (especially parents and students) who have a significant stake in students’ learning as opposed to self-serving autonomy”

Redefined Professionalism: ______________________  to accept responsibility for the academic outcomes of their students by setting appropriate goals, creating empowering environments, and assisting and guiding learner.