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