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Building Blocks to 21st Century Success by Sherry Meyer & Eric Hall EDUC 512, summer 2015

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is more urgent than ever to make education relevant and meaningful in a way that transforms lives. Education is moving at a fast pace and students are learning in a different ways. Schools are being asked to take on roles far different than our current educational model supports. Incorporating intentional opportunities for students to practice the skills that are necessary to function in our new, high-tech world and help them create authentic products that can very well make it outside of the classroom walls is the new charge for schools and the teachers in them. In our estimation, there are many elements that need to be a part of this new educational landscape. Here are ten essential components of a 21st Century school...

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Effective teaching cannot take place if the classroom is poorly managed. Teachers can affect student achievement and that is why having teachers that are effective is so important. An effective teacher uses a whole range of strategies. They have skills in using cooperative learning techniques, graphic organizers, and they know what strategies should be used with specific students and which ones should not be use. An effective teacher has a classroom curricular design and can identify and articulate the sequence the lesson should be in. These teachers are

highly skilled in constructing and arranging learning activities. They present new knowledge in different formats. Teachers that have effective management engage students in a variety of different activities. There are three critical dimensions to effective classroom management. (1) Withitness; this refers to the teacher being aware of possible disruptions. (2) Smoothness and momentum during lesson presentations. (3) Letting students know what behavior is expected. (4) Variety and challenge in assigned seats.


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