21st Century Learning Skills Ingenuity 21st Century Learning Skills
What is this?
What skills are needed? At what grade level are these skills taught?
How do you engender in students the creative skills that built the ice hotel?
How do you teach these skills in an over-crowded curriculum?
How do you teach these skills in an over-crowded curriculum? Don’t teach skills, incorporate them
Curiosity progression
Curiosity progression
Conditions that kill curiosity Don’t make mistakes Follow directions – don’t think Sit down – Don’t move Be quiet Slow down
What change do you want? You want them to be more…… less…..
What change do you want? More … Less….. Differences… You want them to be more…… less…..
Desired changes Enhance curiosity
Desired changes Enhance curiosity Develop effective bullshit meter
Desired changes Enhance curiosity Develop effective bullshit meter Over 30% university graduates had no gain in cognitive abilities
Desired changes Enhance curiosity Develop effective bullshit meter Develop self confidence in skills
Desired changes Enhance curiosity Develop effective BS meter Develop self confidence in skills Change information into understanding
Desired changes Build things Solve problems Share ideas Enhance curiosity Develop effective BS meter Develop self confidence in skills Change information into understanding Build things Solve problems Share ideas
Activity Content
Challenge Build Imagine Test Content Improve
Success comes from freedom to fail James Hillier
Peer discussions Peer discussions Eric Majur
Ingenuity Faced with a challenge Freedom to meet the challenge any way The goals are understood Results are measurable Feedback is immediate
Design and build things Learning occurs when… People think Solve problems Answer questions Design and build things Sir Ken Robinson
Learning occurs when… Curious People think When they want to learn Sugata Mitra
Leave them with questions Questions drive learning
Change information into understanding Students Build things Solve problems Share ideas