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- 1. What if..? ..our curriculum topics were centered around a
big problem that needed to be solved through collaboration and
inquiry? ..we replaced subject disciplines with
problems/themes/issues? .we assessed students based on projects
that they created vs. tests created by others? we had more student
learning take place outside of the school classroom (e.g.
workplace, online)? .our students created their own evidence of
learning that was used to make a difference in the real world?
- 2. Learner Centeredness does not just take place in
Kindergarten Classes; It is mindset as to how we approach teaching
and learning for ALL LEARNERS
- 3. ANOTHER TYPICAL DAY OF LEARNING CALVIN???
- 4. Retrieved from What did you do in school today?, Canadian
Education Association, 2009 Grade 9 -12 students What happens here?
What happens here?
- 5. What could RDC do to increase student satisfaction? Develop
a learning-centered ethos Focus on engaged learning Focus on
developing a sense of community
- 6. Todays Targets: Moving from the shallow end to the deep end
of the learning pool 1. I will seek to understand what it means to
be a learner-centered instructor 2. I will examine the best
instructional design decisions to engage learners 3. I will
determine what learner-centered is in my role as instructor, and
what it is not
- 7. The Learner is the Center How will you design TEAMS and
SIDES into your curriculum? How will you give your students a VOICE
in their learning? What ideas do you have to build/assess 21ST
CENTURY SKILLS in your curriculum?
- 8. A few personal caveats about learner-centeredness It is not
about lowering expectations for students It is not about
eliminating all learning tasks that students dislike doing (e.g.
exams) It is not about less accountability for students It is not
about being accessible to students 24/7 It is not necessarily about
the instructor working harder than the student ..but it is about
being responsive to the learners needs, involving them in
course/classroom decisions, using researchproven practices to
design powerful learning experiences, and making decisions that are
made in the bests interests of our students.
- 9. Curriculum in the st 21 Century Whats up? What is old
becomes new again Instructional Design in the 21st Century: What
would John Dewey think?
- 10. Symbols, Models and Frameworks of learning and education
Compare and Contrast Finish the sentence:
Colleges/Universities/Schools are like _______________________
because ________________________________________________ Learning
is like _______________________because ___________
_______________________________________________________ A symbol of
learning/education today is ____________________
because________________________________________________ How would
our students complete this exercise?
- 11. Which song are you singing? An Old and Familiar Tune Or a A
New Song Is it time to change our tune? If so, why?
Learner-Centered education is NOT a new concept
- 12. History of Canadian Education What does the picture tell
you?
- 13. The Life and Times of Canadian Education
- 14. The 20th Century Curriculum The 21st Century Curriculum
Compare and Contrast
- 15. Curriculum in the Language Arts th 20 Mathematics Music
Social Studies Art Science Phys-ed and Health The Old Model
Century
- 16. Curriculum in the Collaboration and Leadership st 21
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making Lifelong
Learning, Personal Management and Well-Being Creativity and
Innovation Digital and Technological Fluency Communication Social,
Cultural, Global and Environmental Responsibility The New Model
Century
- 17. 3Rs x 7Cs = 21st Century Skills Critical Thinking
Creativity and Innovation Collaboration/Teamwork and Leadership
Cross-Cultural Understanding Communication/Media Literacy
Computing/Digital Literacy Career and Learning Self-Reliance
**(Trilling & Fadel, 21st Century Skills)
- 18. Curriculum: The Future, You and Your Students What kind of
curriculum experience will you design? Will your curriculum address
the issues, problems and critical themes of today? Will your
curriculum plan inspire, motivate, and engage students? Will your
curriculum allow for collaboration? Will your curriculum meet the
needs of the 21st century learner? Will your curriculum demonstrate
creativity and innovation in teaching and learning? What is engaged
learning? Not sure? Just ask the students?
- 19. Powerful learning is learning that lasts a lifetime. What
do you remember about your education? Me in grade 2
- 20. Me in grade 4
- 21. Me in grade 6
- 22. The Engaged Learner Drawing Exercise: Draw a time when you
were highly engaged as a learner, and still remember to this day.
What did it look like? What did it sound like?
- 23. At risk students are those who leave school before or after
graduation with little possibility of continuing learning ***Roland
Barth
- 24. TEAMS: Together Everyone Achieves More Success
- 25. Tate S I D E S Marzano Bennett Strategic Instructional
Design to Engage Students FLOW = Engagement Silver
- 26. 20 Instructional Strategies To Engage the Learner Graphic
Organizers Writing and Reflection Brainstorming Field Trips Debates
Visuals Movement Humor and Celebration Music, Rhythm, Rhyme &
Rap Cooperative Learning Problem Based Learning Role
play/Drama/Charades Summarizing and Note-making Technology
Visualization Games Storytelling Manipulatives/Models Mnemonic
Devices Drawing and Artwork By Marcia Tate
- 27. F L O W Mihly Cskszentmihlyi, Flow: The Optimal
Experience
- 28. Project-based Learning Problem-based Learning Self-directed
Learning Inquiry Learning Service Learning Differentiated
Learning
- 29. Constructivism requires us to give up control and share it
with the students
- 30. A BetterModel Instructor Student Student Instructor New
Model
- 31. Turn and Talk for Two What is role of my students? What is
my role as an instructor? Which instructional strategies will help
my students direct/control their own meanings and their own
learning? How will I assess this constructed learning (tests,
projects, service learning, presentations, final exams) How else
can I give control/ownership to students in my courses? How can I
empower them? How can I capture their voice? What are the
challenges in giving up control? How am I a Learner-Centered
Instructor? How am I NOT a Learner-Centered Instructor?
- 32. Are we instructors? Determining the learning destination
Creating questions that foster inquiry Designing units, backwards
Determining assessment evidence Recognizing the benefits of
performance criteria or are we designers? Architects of
instruction? Facilitators of learning?
- 33. We Swim Together, or We Sink Together JUMP IN The waters
fine, and so is the learning
- 34. Resources: 21st Century Skills by Bernie Trilling &
Charles Fader Better Learning Through Structured Teaching by
Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey Beyond Monet by Barrie Bennett
& Carol Rolheiser Classroom Instruction That Works by Robert
Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock Never Work Harder Than
Your Students by Robyn Jackson Sit and Get Wont Grow Dendrites:
Professional Learning Strategies to Engage the Adult Brain by
Marcia Tate The Strategic Teacher by Harvey Silver, Richard Strong,
& Matthew Perini