Foundations inFoundations in Education for Education for the 21the 21stst Century Century

Nancy Swan-CendejasNancy Swan-Cendejas

Educational TechnologyEducational Technology

University of Northern ColoradoUniversity of Northern Colorado

EMPHASIS ON ACADEMICSEMPHASIS ON ACADEMICS

PROMOTION BASED ON PROMOTION BASED ON MASTERY OF MATERIALMASTERY OF MATERIAL

ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUSACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS

CURRICULUM DETERMINED BY CURRICULUM DETERMINED BY ADMINISTRATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERSTEACHERS

Compatibility With Online Applications

+ Unlimited choices of content

+ Excellent instructor support

FOCUS ON CLASSIC IDEASFOCUS ON CLASSIC IDEAS

DEVELOP REASON AND MORAL DEVELOP REASON AND MORAL QUALITIESQUALITIES

EMPHASIS ON HUMANITIES AND EMPHASIS ON HUMANITIES AND THE GREAT BOOKSTHE GREAT BOOKS

TEACHERS SET CURRICULUMTEACHERS SET CURRICULUM

LITTLE FLEXIBILITY IN LITTLE FLEXIBILITY IN CURRICULUMCURRICULUM

FOCUS ON CONCEPTS RATHER FOCUS ON CONCEPTS RATHER THAN FACTSTHAN FACTS

EMPHASIS ON LEARNING FOR EMPHASIS ON LEARNING FOR LEARNING’S SAKELEARNING’S SAKE

Compatibility With Online Applications

+ Unlimited access to resources

+ Many academic applications availible for hyper explicit instruction

EDUCATION BASED ON NEEDS EDUCATION BASED ON NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF STUDENTSAND INTERESTS OF STUDENTS

STUDENTS LEARN BY DOING STUDENTS LEARN BY DOING AS WELL AS FROM AS WELL AS FROM TEXTBOOKSTEXTBOOKS

TEACHING THROUGH FIELD TEACHING THROUGH FIELD TRIPS AND GAMESTRIPS AND GAMES

EMPHASIS ON NATURAL AND EMPHASIS ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL SCIENCES

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGEXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

GROUPING BY INTEREST AND GROUPING BY INTEREST AND ABILITIESABILITIES

Compatibility With Online Applications

+ Can provide excellent support for extending knowledge from a number of access points

+ Provides integrated support for student centered activites

PHYSICAL WORLD AS THE PHYSICAL WORLD AS THE BASIS OF REALITYBASIS OF REALITY

LEARN FROM MEANINGFUL LEARN FROM MEANINGFUL SOCIAL EXPERIENCESSOCIAL EXPERIENCES

FOCUS ON SOCIAL, POLITICAL, FOCUS ON SOCIAL, POLITICAL, & ECONOMIC NEEDS& ECONOMIC NEEDS

LEARN BY RECONSTRUCTING LEARN BY RECONSTRUCTING SOCIETYSOCIETY

BECOME INTELLIGENT BECOME INTELLIGENT PROBLEM SOLVERS, ENJOY PROBLEM SOLVERS, ENJOY LEARNING, LIVE LEARNING, LIVE COMFORTABLY IN AND COMFORTABLY IN AND RESHAPE THE WORLDRESHAPE THE WORLD

Compatibility With Online Applications

+ Wide spectrum of communication opportunities

+ Opens up multiple perspectives for observing the world

EMPHASIS ON INDIVIDUALITYEMPHASIS ON INDIVIDUALITY

STUDENTS DETERMINE WHAT IS STUDENTS DETERMINE WHAT IS

TRUE, RIGHT, BEAUTIFULTRUE, RIGHT, BEAUTIFUL

HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND

THEMSELVESTHEMSELVES

TEACHERS EXPOSE STUDENTS TO TEACHERS EXPOSE STUDENTS TO

VARIOUS PATHS: STUDENTS VARIOUS PATHS: STUDENTS

CHOOSE WHICH TO FOLLOWCHOOSE WHICH TO FOLLOW

HUMANITIES EMPHASIZEDHUMANITIES EMPHASIZED

MATH AND SCIENCE DEEMPHASIZEDMATH AND SCIENCE DEEMPHASIZED

RARELY FOUND IN PUBLIC SCHOOLSRARELY FOUND IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

NO GRADING SYSTEMNO GRADING SYSTEM

Compatibility With Online Applications

+ Easy to individualize

+ Unlimited resources to consider multiple “paths”

CENTERED ON THE CENTERED ON THE LEARNERLEARNER

CONSTANT NEED TO MAKE CONSTANT NEED TO MAKE SENSE OF NEW SENSE OF NEW INFORMATIONINFORMATION

SCAFFOLDING LINKS NEW SCAFFOLDING LINKS NEW INFORMATIONINFORMATION

STUDENT AND TEACHER STUDENT AND TEACHER CONSTANTLY CHALLENGE CONSTANTLY CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONSASSUMPTIONS

Compatibility With Online Applications

+ Lends itself to scaffolding

+ Easy to locate data for academic challenge

VIEWS FREE WILL AS AN VIEWS FREE WILL AS AN ILLUSIONILLUSION

REALITY BASED ON SCIENTIFIC REALITY BASED ON SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONOBSERVATION

POSITIVE REWARDS POSITIVE REWARDS ENCOURAGE DESIRED ENCOURAGE DESIRED BEHAVIORBEHAVIOR

CURRICULUM BASED ON CURRICULUM BASED ON INCREMENTAL LEARNINGINCREMENTAL LEARNING

CURRICULUM IS CONTROLLED CURRICULUM IS CONTROLLED BY SCHOOL PERSONNELBY SCHOOL PERSONNEL

Compatibility With Online Applications

+ Many opportunities for incremental learning

+ Electronic rewards and instant feedback