Language, Mental Models and Textbooks

Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas. This is a language that teachers at all grade levels, in all subjects, are able to embrace.”

Skills

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification

What If We Stopped Calling Them Classrooms?

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The mental model of the traditional classroom is obsolete,” he told the crowd of college technology leaders. “It Of course coming up with new language is tough. Most students and professors seem to cling to the term, and idea, of textbooks.

Textbooks

Textbooks Mental Models Lecturing English

Teaching Vanguard

Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

What If We Stopped Calling Them Classrooms?

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