Within my learning environment by students are taught
how to learn, unlearn and relearn through various activities and task given to
them as well as the strategies and tools within teaching and learning. “The illiterate of the 21st century
will be those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn” (Crockett & Churches, 2011, p.17). The advancement in technology in the 21st
century allows students to learn in varied ways. Hence in teaching my students
how to learn, unlearn and relearn, as an educator I must “shift the responsibility of learning from the teacher
to the students” (Crockett & Churches, 2011, p.18). Therefore, the benefits of teaching my
students to learn, unlearn and relearn, allows me to create a learning
environment that fosters inquiry-based learning as well as student centered and
active learning, where students are fully engaged and are given the opportunity
to learn at their own pace using technology. In teaching my students to learn, unlearn and
relearn, online digital tools for e.g. voicethread can used to promote 21st
century skills such as collaboration and communication.
Additionally, in teaching my students to unlearn and
relearn, I am able to allow them to explore the new technological advancements
and use them to think critically and solve problems. In being aware of technological changes and
ensuring that they are effectively implemented within my lessons allows me to fulfill
the ISTE standards for teachers by using technology to foster students learning
and facilitate independent learners (ISTE, 2008).
However, a challenge is reconstructing curriculum to
ensure that it fosters the concept of teaching students how to learn, unlearn
and relearn. According to Dede et. al (2013) the
implementation of 21st century competencies requires a restructuring of the
curriculum (Dede et. al, 2013). Another challenge that I may face is using
effective strategies to meet the learning needs of all my students.
References
International Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE). (2008). Standards for teachers. Retrieved from
https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators
Crockett, L., Jukes, I., & Churches, A. (2011).
Literacy is not enough: 21st–century fluencies for the digital age. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Voogt,
J., Erstad, O., Dede, C., & Mishra, P. (2013). Challenges to
learning and schooling in the digital networked world of
the 21st century. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 29(5),
403–413.
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