In the 21st century learning is seen as a lifelong process, therefore a teacher’s main role is to facilitate learning. A teacher cannot learn for their students, and thus must focus on creating a positive environment and encourages student participation (Scrivener, 2011). In order to accomplish this task and be a successful as a teacher, I will need to continuously develop and refine various 21st century skills and attributes within myself.
Novel and adaptive thinking is just one of the many skills required, not only to be a teacher in the 21st century, but also as a lifelong learner. Novel and adaptive thinking is the ability to think of solutions and responses to problems and queries that is more innovative and creative compared to solutions …show more content…
It is then up to the student, after thinking about their own learning process (metacognition), to realise that in order to excel in the tasks, the student needs to build upon their knowledge, whether previous or new, through constructivism. This can be done individually, through personal experiences and knowledge or socially, thorough sharing experiences and negotiating with others (Locke, 1689; Livingston, 2003; Powell & Kalina, 2009).
Personally I have used a mixture of both by posting about my own experiences, knowledge and research, as well as reading the experiences of others, their knowledge and research, enabling me to reassess my own reasoning on the topics. With access to an array of information from a variety of sources at our disposal, it is essential that the information we consume, produce and share is credible in order to present reliable, evidence based work. This can be achieved by evaluating sources of information against checklist criteria devised by Miriam J. Metzger (2007), an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California. The 5 key areas in the checklist model are; Accuracy; inspecting the source to ensure it is free from error and that it can be verified
Novel and adaptive thinking is just one of the many skills required, not only to be a teacher in the 21st century, but also as a lifelong learner. Novel and adaptive thinking is the ability to think of solutions and responses to problems and queries that is more innovative and creative compared to solutions …show more content…
It is then up to the student, after thinking about their own learning process (metacognition), to realise that in order to excel in the tasks, the student needs to build upon their knowledge, whether previous or new, through constructivism. This can be done individually, through personal experiences and knowledge or socially, thorough sharing experiences and negotiating with others (Locke, 1689; Livingston, 2003; Powell & Kalina, 2009).
Personally I have used a mixture of both by posting about my own experiences, knowledge and research, as well as reading the experiences of others, their knowledge and research, enabling me to reassess my own reasoning on the topics. With access to an array of information from a variety of sources at our disposal, it is essential that the information we consume, produce and share is credible in order to present reliable, evidence based work. This can be achieved by evaluating sources of information against checklist criteria devised by Miriam J. Metzger (2007), an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California. The 5 key areas in the checklist model are; Accuracy; inspecting the source to ensure it is free from error and that it can be verified