3. 21st Century Learners
- Need to be prepared to face the challenges of constant
learning and the increased skill requirements for the future.
- Uncertain tomorrow
- Life long learning
- Understanding how shifting knowledge and skills effect
their future
4. Characteristics of 21st Century Learners
Learners expect to:
Be engaged in active and hands on
learning
Develop their own inquiry knowledge
Learn without isolation
5. Active & Hands On Learning
- Explore ideas in their own
ways
- Teacher is a facilitator
- Create applications for
new knowledge
6. Inquiry Learning
Knowledge grows at an exponential rate
Used to help gather facts
Develop an accessible “data base” of
information
7. Non Isolation Learning
Learning from multiple formats and
resources
Overlap content areas
Share information with others
Challenge their skills
8. Metacognition
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Used to describe the ability to
oversee personal learning and to
understand how to regulate their
learning process
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Students assess their learning.
They are aware of their levels
of learning
9. Motivation
o The desire to see a task to
completion
o Internal state that defines what
people will do rather than
what they can do
o Understand Student Motivation
12. Information Processing
Also thought of as “Mind Styles” used
to group learners by concrete styles
o Concrete Sequential (Hands On)
o Concrete Random (Trial and Error)
o Abstract Sequential (Verbal)
o Abstract Random (Group
Discussion)
13. Physiological Factors
o Gender differences
o Health
o Environmental Conditions
o Basic Needs
(Hunger, noise, lighting, temp.)