REFLECTIVE LEARNING FOR 21st CENTURY
TED DINTERSMITH
The Future Directions of What Schools Could Be
Ted Dintersmith has been focussing on the education system and how we can improve our curriculum programs. He says we have to focus on helping students to become future ready and have the relevant knowledge and skills to be employable in the 21st Century.
Check out these links on Ted Dintersmith's focus for educators at all levels of our education system.
Click the following links:>>>
Ted Dintersmith: Tedx Video: Why Schools Should Teach for the Real World
The Innovation Playlist - An Introduction: With Sir Ken Robinson
The Innovation Playlist - Check it out here: Innovation Playlist
Posted to this Website: November 2022
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"Over the past few decades, students, their experiences, upbringings, and backgrounds have changed. Classrooms now reflect families of varying races, cultures, and socioeconomic statuses. As a result, the way teachers educate these students must change, too, says Cherese Childers-McKee, assistant teaching professor in Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies. One of these shifting approaches to education is known as culturally responsive teaching.
Below, we explore the concept of culturally responsive teaching, compare it against traditional teaching models, and offer a number of strategies that you can use to incorporate the approach into your own methods." by: | July 31, 2020
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION
BEYOND 94 TEACHER GUIDE
Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
This teacher resource is well laid out.
It has many lessons and learning tasks that you may find useful.
It contains lots of links to videos and other resources.
Check it out!
Click Here>> Teacher Guide for Truth and Reconciliation
Also found under the Truth and Reconciliation Tab.
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TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
How Can Teachers Maximize Engagement Among Multilingual Students?
This is an excellent article for ESL educators.
It also connects you to other excellent links.
Click Here for: Jim Cummins on Strategies
Also added to the ESL/ELD Tab, October 15th, 2021.
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BLOOMS TAXONOMY FRAMEWORK
Levels of Thinking and Questioning
Knowledge of Blooms Taxonomy
This is one of the most important strategies you can implement in your classroom.
It sets out the levels of thinking that you want to involve your students in.
"Bloom’s taxonomy has been actively used by teachers from K - 12 to college instructors for over five decades. Yet it is still just as important today as it was in the 1950s.
Level 1 - Remember Level Questions: these are lower level questions
Level 2 - Understand
Level 3 - Apply
Level 4 - Analyze
Level 5 - Evaluate
Level 6 - Creativity Level Questions: These are the highest level questions and tasks
Click here for: Bloom's Taxonomy
Also found on the High Yield Strategy Tab August 2021
Dr. DOUGLAS REEVES ON ASSESSMENT
This is one of my favourite presenters who speaks on this topic.
HIS THEMES
- get rid of the zero in assessment
- eliminate the concept of the average.
It just does not make sense in the 21st Century working world
- Use a 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 grading scale
Percentage grades do not make mathematical sense.
- the focus on assessment is motivate students to "get the work done".
His work is supported by the MOE.
Check out his video.
Click Here: Eliminate Toxic Grading Practices
Added to this website August 1, 2021
Also added tom the Assessment and Evaluation Page
INTERSECTIONALITY
Intersectionality:
A pathway towards inclusive education?
A discussion on inclusive education
This article aligns with recent international approaches to inclusive education and argues for a broadened understanding of the term.
The article not only sets out the thesis of intersectionality, but calls for the adoption of an intersectional lens in inclusive education in order to identify the interaction of multiple factors that lead to discriminatory processes in schools towards different student groups.
Inclusive education means opening access to a wide range of educational and social opportunities for all children, not only those with disabilities or identified special education needs.
The current system, in which children possess one identity marker, does not provide the support children need. Furthermore, it also reinforces inequalities not only within the education system, but also within society at large.
Click Here to Read the Article: Intersectionality
Also posted to Diversity Tab
Added to this webpage: May 17, 21
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