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eTwinning & 21 Century Learning
This document discusses the demands of 21st century education according to Anne Gilleran, the pedagogical manager of eTwinning. It outlines how societal, communication, and curricular demands are shifting education away from traditional models towards more collaborative, inquiry-based, and technology-enabled approaches. Key capabilities for 21st century learners include collaboration, creativity, and digital literacy. eTwinning provides opportunities for teachers, students, and schools to develop these capabilities through international project-based learning and professional cooperation supported online.
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- 1. eTwinning: towards a 21stCentury Pedagogy Anne Gilleran – pedagogical manager eTwinning Central Support Service
- 2. Anne who? I comefrom Dublin, Ireland worked in Brussels for the European Schoolnet since 2001 Pedagogical manager for eTwinning since 2005 Career: university lecturer school counsellor head teacher researcher expert in ICT for education I have been involved in many projects involving schools, teachers and school leaders
- 3. Topics of thispresentation Reflections on the educational demands of the 21 century – Societal demands – Communication demands – Curricular demand – Teaching demands
- 4. Demands of anew social order
- 5. The changing worldof work Where the only certainty is the certainty of constant and continuing change
- 6. Demands of MassCommunication The Knowledge Society More global than schools can prevision for
- 7. The explosion of technologyand the internet that potentially puts the access to this information at everybody’s fingertips
- 9. Demands of ChangingCurriculum Schools are changing – more autonomy & more accountability Curricula are changing less formal More enquiry based learning Less rote learning More focus on collaborative learning – higher order thinking skills
- 10. Demand of ShiftingEducational Worlds Formal Formal Informal Informal Closed Open Top down Bottom up Teaching Learning Consumption Creation Curriculum driven Life as curriculum
- 11. Changes in perceived roles Changesin practices Changes in Societal Expectations
- 12. Demands of ModernYouth Culture Consumers Collaborators Creators Leaders of tomorrow What capabilities do they require as learners?
- 13. Key Capabilities forlearners Key capabilities 20th century learners Conformity, compliance working alone, silence, teacher rules Collaboration,community, team work Creativity, ingenuity Interaction, noise, teacher as facilitator Key capabilities 21st century learners
- 14. The teaching contextsummarised The children we teach are changing The core values of education are going through a radical change as the knowledge society impacts on institutions and ways of instruction that date mainly to the 19th Century. We (as teachers) are mostly still seen as conservative in our methods and our views about learning.
- 15. What is necessarynow in educational thinking? A new literacy set underpinned by competencies
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- 22. What’s in eTwinningfor the Teachers? A different way to deliver the curriculum An easy way into transnational collaboration Natural way to use ICT in the classroom Provides opportunity for professional cooperation with other teachers Teachers are free to choose subject and method to carry out the project
- 23. What’s in eTwinningfor the Pupils? The possibility of more authentic learning Develops a better understanding of cultures, habits, religions Using ICT and developing digital literacy / abilities. Richer curriculum experience; geography, MFL, mother tongue, other history viewpoints, different takes on science.. The non-ICT aspects: co-operation, planning, taking responsibility, making choices… The play ethic: because projects are usually stimulating, motivating and fun for the pupils & teachers
- 24. What’s in eTwinningfor the School? Easy-entry to the world of international projects The opportunity to become part of a collaborative learning community A level of built-in quality in the project because of the quality labels Opportunity for personal professional development of teachers & school leaders Greater visibility for the school- Parents are impressed
- 25. 2 examples ofprojects
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- 29. Thank you foryour attention! eTwinning portal: www.etwinning.net Contacts: Anne.Gilleran@eun.org