Model of Effective Instruction

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4. 21st Century Skills I Will Use
to Ensure Student Learning
Collaboration. According to Gilliland (2004), “Research has shown that when
students work collaboratively, they are more willing to take on difficult tasks, listen to
other students’ ideas, and celebrate a peer’s success and growth” (p.1). She
suggested using a poster theme to encourage group work in class by allowing
students to form groups of four to collect information about a specific area of interest
and presenting their findings on a poster. Gilliland even suggested allowing the
students to present the information to other grade levels to practice their social skills.
I would like to use a similar format for my class in helping them to understand
organizational change. I will provide four flipcharts for my class of 16 students and
ask them each to form groups of four to answer the following questions: what does
organizational change mean to you, what is an ERP, and where can you go for help if
you are feeling overwhelmed by the upcoming changes. I will give the class 15
minutes to prepare and ask them each to take turns presenting their findings. This
will help the students to familiarize themselves with each other and develop their
social skills as well.

5. 21st Century Skills I Will Use
to Ensure Student Learning
Inquiry. This was one of Richardson’s (2013) key focuses when he
recommended helping learners to develop “…the skills and
dispositions necessary for them to learn whatever they need to learn
whenever they need to learn it” (p. 3). We encourage inquiry by
forming Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to gather on a monthly basis
and discuss workplace issues and challenges that affect them so that
they can come up with personalized solutions that require little to no
managerial involvement. SIGs at our organization are intended to be
self-sustaining groups where members can leverage off each other’s
expertise and knowledge with minimal supervision.

6. 21st Century Learning
According to Richardson (2013), this
21st Century Learning leads to
“abundant access to information,
knowledge, and people via the web”
(p.2).
Shift of control from the teacher to the
student, allowing teachers to become
co-learners with their students
(Richardson, 2013).
Opportunity for self-discovery and
pursuit of interests in the context of
curriculum (Richardson, 2013).
Has the potential for schools to chase
technological fads, which takes away
from the actual purpose of school in
providing knowledge, purpose, and
meaning (Senechal, 2010, as cited in
Koonce, 2014).
Overly individualized curriculum that no
longer allows students to establish a
base or master the fundamentals of
any subject matter (Senechal, 2010, as
cited in Koonce, 2014).

7. Traditional Learning
According to Richardson (2013),
produces a “discrete set of standards
and outcomes” (p. 1). Student
achievement and assessments are
uniform and measurable.
Ensures that students receive
foundational knowledge of a subject
before advancing on to the next stage
of learning.
Curriculum at times, can appear
irrelevant. Oates (2009) recalls her
knowledge of Africa in the early 1960s
being based on her memorization of
the countries and capitals with none of
the sociological context of its people
and culture.
Narrowly-defined goals and learning
path. Focus tends to be on making
students what Richardson (2013) calls
“college ready” (p.3) rather than
“learning ready” (p.3).

8. 21st Century or Traditional?
How about…BOTH!
I believe that a blended approach is best when it comes to classroom learning. While I
agree with Oates (2009) that we should offer learning that requires “…critical thinking,
adept use of technology, and global collaboration” on a regular basis (p. 5), I want to
caution against an over-reliance on technology and the chasing of technological trends
and fads as Senechal (2010) had mentioned previously. Richardson (2013) summarized
It best when he said, “…it’s not about the tools. It’s not about layering expensive
technology on top of the traditional curriculum, instead, it’s about addressing the new
needs of modern learners in entirely new ways” (p. 2). These needs include meaningful,
individualized learning within a real-world context. That being said, individualized
learning should inspire the students to achieve excellence and mastery of skills without
compromising basic skills such as reading and writing. Thus, I recommended a blended
approach so that learners could achieve benchmark goals in all of the subject areas
before advancing to the next grade and partaking in independent study projects.

9. References