Frameworks for Learning
in the 21st Century Classroom
What if….. students were assessed by projects THEY
created versus exams created by OTHERS?
The Excellent Learning
Environment Framework
3R x 7C = 21st
Century
Learning

How would your students in
practicum finish this sentence?
Schools are like…….

Will Curriculum in the 21st Century
be the same as the 20th Century?

Vision of Students Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

UBD PBL
Compare and Contrast UBD & PBL
Compare and Contrast Integrated Units

Digital and
Technological
Fluency
Communication
Social, Cultural,
Global and
Environmental
Responsibility
Creativity and
Innovation
Critical Thinking,
Problem Solving
and Decision
Making
Collaboration
and Leadership
Lifelong Learning,
Personal
Management and
Well-Being

Retrieved from “What did you
do in school today?”, Canadian
Education Association, 2009

Inspiring Education: Your Future

Shifting “Curricular” Paradigms
Traditionalism Progressivism

"Kids Learn by What They Do, Not
by What They're Told”
***Pat Wolfe
Next Wednesday: Great Educators
Integrated Plans (Draft 1)
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Wise Words of the Week