Description
Teaching 21st Century Skills: Who Took My Chalk? Model for Transforming Your Classroom and School shows how to create 21st century learning environments and curriculum using the Who Took My Chalk?™ model for intentional change.
Offering workbook-style-pages and easy-to-read chapters, this book defines 21st century skills, discusses why we need to teach today’s students differently, and shows how to apply 21st century concepts in an education setting. Following an eight-step model, readers learn about change management, the impact of school culture, and goal-setting for school improvement. Classroom and school assessment tools are included, as well as strategies for overcoming roadblocks and gaining parental support. Filled with sample curriculum and modification strategies, this book is a must-read for any educator wishing to create intentional change in their classroom or school.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The World Is Changing
The World is Changing
The Disconnect….. the Classroom and the Student’s Outside World
Changing Times Drive Changing Student Needs
A Snapshot of the Generations
Why We Must Teach Them Differently
Using this Information for Your Cause
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 2: 21st Century Skills and a Model for Change
Defining 21st Century Skills
The P21 Framework
A 21st Century Classroom Assessment Tool
The Who Took My Chalk?™ Model
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 3: Recognize the Need or Desire to Change
Defining Change
Common School Scenarios that Call for Change
Positive Change Starts with a Positive Attitude
A Look at Our Fears
Making the Intention to Create Change
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 4: Assess Your School Culture and Environment
What is School Culture and Why is it so Important?
School Assessment
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 5: Set …and Achieve Goals
Address your “Chalkboard of Impact”
Visualize the End Result
Set Your Goals
Differentiate Long Term and Short Term Goals
Take Action
Achieve Your Goals
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 6. Communicate Clearly
Use Innovative Communication Skills to Coach and Facilitate
Determine How to Best Use Communication Skills
Utilize Multiple Media and Technologies
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 7: Predict Possible Roadblocks
Common Barriers to Change in Education
Response Styles to Change
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 8. Engage Support
Personal Accountability
External Support
Factoring Parents into the Change Process
Chapter Summary and Reflections
Chapter 9: Make It Real in Your Classrooms…Ideas for Student Engagement
Creating Relevance for Students
A Look at 21st Century Teaching and Learning in Practice
Get Your Creativity Flowing
Tie it all Together: Steps for Modifying and Recreating Curriculum Units
Continue Learning through Professional Development
Take Action — One Step at a Time
Celebrate Your Milestones and SuccessesChapter Summary and Reflections
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Transforming Learning through 21st Century Skills: The Who Took My Chalk?™ Model for Engaging You and Your Students, CourseSmart eTextbook
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$20.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-13-256378-9
