What It Means to be a Teacher in the 21st Century

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What It Means to be a Teacher
in the 21st Century?
Abd Karim Alias
Centre for Academic Excellence,
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abd Karim Alias@2016

Philosophy of education1
Teaching in the 21st century2
Agenda

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LEARN YOUR WHY
Do you know your WHY?
The purpose, cause, or belief
that inspires you to do what
you do.

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Why am I here?

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“Working hard for something we
don’t care about is called stress.
Working hard for something we love
is called…
~Simon Sinek PASSION

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Why am I here?

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This is my life, my joy…teaching! I simply love teaching. I
derived immense joy and satisfaction helping students to
learn, watching them to grow in confidence and maturity.
Good education is more than imparting knowledge — it is
also about inculcating skills and instilling values.

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“Education is the
most powerful
weapon which
you can use to
change the world”.
~NELSON MANDELA

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The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (Article 26.1), which states
that: “Everyone has the right to
education”

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United Nation (UNESCO) “Education for All”
Image credit: http://www.unesco.org/new/typo3temp/pics/8b48222f65.jpg Abd Karim Alias@2015

GET INTO TEACHING
Your Future, THEIR Future

Get into teaching
It’s your future…their future

Today is the PERFECT DAY for
a new beginning.

What does education
means to you?

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Education in Malaysia is an on-going effort towards further
developing the potential of individuals in a holistic and
integrated manner, so as to produce individuals who are
intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physically balanced
and harmonious, based on a ﬁrm belief in and devotion to
God. Such an effort is designed to produce Malaysian
citizens who are knowledgeable and competent, who
possess high moral standards, and who are responsible and
capable of achieving high level of personal well-being as
well as being able to contribute to the harmony and
betterment of the family, the society and the nation at large.

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TO NURTURE THE
FUTURE NATION
BUILDERS
The purpose of education…

Future leaders, future nation builders

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TO SEED
CREATIVE &
INNOVATIVE
MIND
The Role of Higher Education

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TO CREATE & EXPAND THE
FRONTIER OF KNOWLEDGE

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TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE

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TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY

Higher Educational Institutions @
Malaysia
20 Public universities
34 Polytechnics; 91
Community Colleges
About 500 private
universities & colleges

2025
2 30 1Wave Wave Wave
Build momentum
and lay foundations
Accelerate system
improvement
Move towards excellence
with increased operational
flexibility
2013 2015 2020

Transforming higher
education
Shifts

Graduan
Holistik, Berciri
Keusahawanan
dan Seimbang
Kecemerlangan
Bakat
Menghayati
Pembelajaran
Sepanjang
Hayat
Graduan
TVET Berkualiti
Kemampanan
Kewangan
10LONJAKAN
4 5321

Pemantapan
Tadbir Urus
Ekosistem
Inovasi
Keunggulan
Global
Pembelajaran
Dalam Talian
Tahap Global
Transformasi
Penyampaian
Pendidikan
Tinggi
9 10876

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The world we are living
Meanwhile…

Image CC BY-NC 2.0 owaie89
“More change will happen
in education in the next ten years
than in the past one hundred.”
Stephen Heppell (2011) Abd Karim Alias@2016

16 years into the new millennium! Abd Karim Alias@2016

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“For the first time we are preparing students for a
future we cannot clearly describe”
- David Warlick

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GLOBALIZATION
What Drive Changes in Future
TECHNOLOGY ‘MASSIFICATION’ OF
EDUCATION
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
MARKET DEMAND

The world is…
…getting smaller?

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The world of big data

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…just a click or a touch away!

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Learning can take
place 24/7

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Everybody wants change. But
nobody wants to change!

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If you don’t like
change
You are going to like
Irrelevance
Even less ~Eric Shinseki

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"Educators in the
21st century are at
risk of becoming
irrelevant!"
John Landau, producer of !
Titanic & Avatar
The wolrd as a global classroom

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It is exciting to be part
of the learning
revolution happening
around us, with new
learning paradigms
and technologies
emerging on a daily
basis. Abd Karim Alias@2016

Education today…in the 21st century…
in the globalized & connected world…
…is about adapting to changing
world. How and what we teach
has to change as well.

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21st Century Teaching:
Are We Ready?

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21st Century Education is…
To impart knowledge,
Image source: PTPM, USM
to inculcate skills and…
instill values.
more than just TEACHING…

10 Hallmarks of
21st Century T&L
1,2
3,4
5,6
7,8
9,10
•  Reporting Out/Celebration
•  Fun
•  Collaborative Teaching/Cooperative Learning
•  Citizenship/Leadership/Personal Responsibility
•  Project Based Learning
•  Student Ownership/Engagement
•  Technology/21st Century Skills
•  The Teachable Moment
•  Community Partnerships
•  Mastery of Curriculum/Development
of Higher Order Thinking Skills

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Can we DELIVER?

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Let’s start with the
ENDIN MIND…

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Teaching & Learning Ecosystem
Students Curriculum
Accountability
Pedagogy
Learning
Environment
Leadership Modes &
medium of
delivery
Quality
Assessment
Recognition
Teachers

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Our STUDENTS

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Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Collaboration Across Networks &
Leading by Influence
Agility & Adaptability
Initiative & Entrepreneurship
Effective Oral & Written
Communication
Accessing & Analyzing Information
Curiosity & Imagination

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•  Self-motivated & self-directed
•  Social networking
•  Identity management
•  Privacy maintenance
•  Creating original content
•  Managing & curating content
•  Reusing & repurposing
•  Net ethics

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Can we, the educators,
help them?

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Teacher

We need to think about
why we teach

Why did you become
a teacher?

TEACHING…is more than
just a profession,
it’s a PASSION!

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“Working hard for something we
don’t care about is called stress.
Working hard for something we love
is called…
~Simon Sinek PASSION

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21st Century Educator

How do I make
this course more
exciting…?
interesting
engaging
fun
Yet
effective

Lower level
thinking
Higher level
thinking
Generating new ideas,
being innovative,
viewing things in
different ways
Bloom Taxonomy (revised)

What it means to be
a great educator?

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ENERGETIC
ENTHUSIASTIC
INSPIRING
EXCITING
THOUGHT
PROVOKING
WELL DESIGNED

How do you describe
yourself as a teacher?

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Prof Walter Lewin, MIT

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Design Learning

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A Changing Scenario of Teaching &
Learning –
a new paradigm

“It’s not about making
learning happen but it’s
about letting it happen”.
~Sugana Mitra in TED Talk, “Build a School in the Cloud”.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT— Abd Karim Alias@2015

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Teachers want their students to
achieve higher level of learning,
but they continue to use a form of
teaching that is not effective at
promoting such learning.
"If we teach today's
students as we taught
yesterday's, we rob them of
tomorrow”.
- John Dewey

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The more we allow students to work
collaboratively, the more they stay engaged.
Collaborative Learning!

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The key to engaging minds in the classroom is
the role of teachers to creatively DESIGN
meaningful and relevant learning activities
that students to , work
together in group to accomplish certain task,
and get them to
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“It is the supreme art
of the teacher to
awaken joy in creative
expression and
knowledge”

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Embrace new role…
Teacher as a LEARNING DESIGNER

“We won’t meet the needs for
more and better higher
education until professors
become
and not teachers”.
Larry Spence (2001).

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Focus on Learning Design
Not content development Abd Karim Alias@2016

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"Education is not the content, it's
what you take with you when you forget
the content."Amin Saberi, Stanford Universityı Abd Karim Alias@2016

A teacher can only guide & facilitate;
learning & exploring is done entirely by the student
Lecture is not about giving content! …
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3 years in USM
Lifelong
learning

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Abd Karim Alias@2014 Diagram credit: Duarte.com
Justin case
Justin time
Justenough
Justfor me

Adopt & adapt new learning & teaching models
(approaches)

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“Words may inspire, but only
action creates change. Most of us
live our lives by accident — we
live life as it happens. Fulfillment
comes when we live our
lives on purpose”.
~Simon Sinek

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