21st Century Education

21st Century education is a big buzzword right now.  We are well on our way into the 21st century and we are still trying to figure this out. I think the big chunks I glean from all of my reading is that a shift from teacher directed learning to student centered needs to occur.  We need today's students to be in charge of their learning and self motivate and self direct more than possibly in the past.  These are critical skills that the adult of the 21st century will need to "survive" the 21st Century workplace.  We also need our students to be able to solve problem, by working together, communicating with others using many different venues to converse, and also to critically think through situations as they arise.  This is not done by reading the textbook, filling in the worksheet, or completing problems 1-20 even.  We've got to change our practice.

Here are a few good pieces on this subject that I hope make you think deeper, more critically about 21st Century Education.

21 Signs You Are a 21st Century Teacher