21st Century Skills
Realistic or Based on Flawed Assumptions
Assumptions
Assumption 1: Knowledge and Skills are separate.
Assumption 2: Teachers don’t have cognitive limits.
Assumption 3: Experience is equivalent to practice.
Without innovation, we cannot improve.
Class Dismissed: Even Good Students Don't Always Want to Learn
Philosophically, life is what you make it – and that the real value of an education is unlocking that for yourself. Memorizing the date of some obscure historical event isn’t necessarily going to provide that for your students; but providing a role model and emphasizing critical thinking – rather than teaching to a standardized test will pay the biggest benefits.
Students' Point of View
HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION!
Have You Been Paying Attention
Where Did I go Wrong?
Now I’m left with a ton of questions. What did I do wrong this year? Have I really failed that thoroughly and completely? How much of it is my fault? Am I devolving as a teacher?
I’ll end this on a slightly positive note. While I basically indicted the entire class, there is a small group of extraordinary students in that same class that make me want to get up and come to school every day. I thank them constantly, but not enough. I wish I could take comfort in their amazing effort, but I can’t.