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21st Century - Teaching and Learning Series
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Classrooms for the Future
Important Dates
12/4/2008
12/31/2008
  • Cohort 3 Implementation Plans due
 

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Series Goals

The goal of the series is to transform high school instruction from the 20th century to 21st century teaching and learning.

20th Century
From:
21st Century
To:
Teacher Centered Student Centered
Content Coverage Learning and Doing
Memorizing information Using information
Lecturer Facilitator
Whole Group Configuration Flexible Grouping Configuration Based on Individual Student Needs
Single Instructional and Learning Modality Multiple Instructional and Learning Modalities to Include All Students
Memorization and Recall Higher Order Thinking Skills
Single Discipline Interdisciplinary
Isolated Collaborative
Quiz and Test Assessments Performance-Based Assessments
Textbook Dependent Multiple Sources of Information Including Technology
Technology as a luxury Technology fully integrated into the classroom
Teachers teaching to the one learning style Teachers addressing the learning styles of all learners
Learning content Learning how to learn
Learning isolated skills and factoids Using a variety of types of information to complete authentic projects
Acting purely as a student Students acting as a professional in the discipline