What is the purpose of schooling?
Fernando Reimers, a contributor to 'Educational Leadership' writes that the 'purpose of schooling is to prepare students for life in the real world in their communities and societies, both in the present - while students are in school - and in the future - after they leave school behind.'
So, good educators today must be adapting outmoded systems in order to reflect the interconnected and interdependent nature of life as we know it now. Educator's must be leading with a new set of skills. One American organization; the Partnership for 21st Century Learning is working to provide a new framework for teaching and learning in our era. They redefine the three r's of learning (reading, writing, r'thmatic) into a broader configuration which includes the integration of the four C's, critical thinking/problem solving, communication, coolaboration, creativity and innovation. A fusion of these is necessary to cultivate effective student outcomes. Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin breaks down the new demands as the following:
"Students need to be technologically proficient, globally aware, civically engaged and financially and economically literate to most effectively use their creativity in the 21st century."
The demand for global competency is more dire than ever. If students want to be a dynamic part of the global workforce and competitive in the economy a sense of global proficiency is essential.
Fernando Reimers, a contributor to 'Educational Leadership' writes that the 'purpose of schooling is to prepare students for life in the real world in their communities and societies, both in the present - while students are in school - and in the future - after they leave school behind.'
So, good educators today must be adapting outmoded systems in order to reflect the interconnected and interdependent nature of life as we know it now. Educator's must be leading with a new set of skills. One American organization; the Partnership for 21st Century Learning is working to provide a new framework for teaching and learning in our era. They redefine the three r's of learning (reading, writing, r'thmatic) into a broader configuration which includes the integration of the four C's, critical thinking/problem solving, communication, coolaboration, creativity and innovation. A fusion of these is necessary to cultivate effective student outcomes. Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin breaks down the new demands as the following:
"Students need to be technologically proficient, globally aware, civically engaged and financially and economically literate to most effectively use their creativity in the 21st century."
The demand for global competency is more dire than ever. If students want to be a dynamic part of the global workforce and competitive in the economy a sense of global proficiency is essential.
"I define global competency as the knowledge and skills people need to understand today's flat world and to integrate across disciplines so that they can comprehend global event and create possibilities to address them. Global competencies are also the attitudinal and ethical dispositions that make it possible to interact peacefully, respectfully, and productively with fellow human beings from diverse geographies (Reimers, 2009)"
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