Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning EDUC_6772

Learning, Unlearning, and Relearning 

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 21^st century will be those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn” (Crockett & Churches, 2011, p.17).  The advancement in technology in the 21^st 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 21^st 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.