Chapter 1&2 Summary
By: Barbie Baquero & Jordan Zanella
Introduction
The following is a brief summary of Chapters 1: Learning Past and Future & Chapter 2: The Perfect Learning Storm from 21st Century Skills by Bernie Trilling & Charles Fadel. Chapter 1 was illustrated and summarized by Barbie Baquero while Chapter 2 was summarized by Jordan Zanella. The compilation and organization of this smore was a group effort.
Chapter 1: Learning Past and Future
Industrian Age Value Chain
The process of turing natural raw materials into products needed by the consumers
Example: Sand is collected to make glass for the screen of iPads
Knowledge Age Value Chain
The process of turning information provided by consumers into products the consumer can utilize
Example: Surveying about restaurants and making an app to help consumers locate local restaurants based on menu and price
Key Points:
Students are Graduating Without Important Skills:
- Communication; both written and oral
- Professional work ethics
- Diverse team working
- Project management and leadership
- Applying technology
- Problem solving and critical thinking
21st Century Jobs
1. Routine: Repetitive, rule-based labor
Ex. Assembly line worker
2. Manual: Adaptable interpersonally and enviormentally
Ex. Kmart Cashier
3. Communicating
& Complex Thinking: Mental flexibility and complex problem solving
Ex. Lawyer
Future of 21st Century Jobs
Creative Work:
- Development
- Design
- Global Management
- Sales and Marketing
- Research
Educational Goals Throughout the Years
Agrarian Age
Learning the basic 3Rs
Industrial Age
Learning basic literacy and numeracy
Knowledge Age
Learning personal development with technology powered knowledge and productive tools
Chapter 2: The Perfect Learning Strom
21st Century Learning Convergence
Four Powerful Forces
We are being lead to new forms of learning. Knowledge Work, Thinking Tools, Digital Lifestyle, and Learning Research.
Knowledge Work
Today's knowledge work is being done within groups. While working in groups you can be in different locations and on different devices while working on the same thing and coordinating the project. This is made possible with the use of cellphones, laptops, email, text messaging, social networking tools, and more.
Thinking Tools
Today the speed of technology is moving at a quicker pace than ever before. "The average cellphone has more processing power than all the computers used to plan and run early space missions."
Knowledge Work and Thinking Tools Downsides
Though these tools are used to help us "learn, work, and be creative" there are many downsides that come with it. There is an endless amount of software updates, Computer crashing, identify theft, to much information that is of no use, privacy concerns, flood of emails, and more,
Digital Lifestyle
Young people are becoming experts on the "most powerful tool" in society while the older people have problems grasping it. Roles are being reversed. The students are becoming the teachers to the teachers and parents.
Learning Research
Authentic Learning
It is said that students need to see more problems that are realistic real word problems. That will make the learning more useful to them and help them grasp and keep a hold of the information.
Mental Model Building
The most important step to learning new information is to recognize what you have previously learned. Teachers always jump right into the new information the old material is often forgotten.
Internal Motivation
Learning can stick to people that have some emotional connection to the subject. They can remember it better and become deeper.
Multiple Inteligence
Multiple approaches can be used while teaching information and students have many ways to show their understandence.
Social Learning
In a way all learning is considered to be "social learning" because it is all the information that over the years have been accumulated. It also increases motivation for students, improves the work that is done, and allows them to develop skills.
The Force of Resistance
Standardized Test
Test knowledge on math and reading.
Teachers
Teachers who have taught for many years do not want to change the way they teach.
Parents
Parents want their children to be taught the way they were taught. Being successful they believe if they are taught the same way the child will recieve similar grades and will succeed as well.