21st Century Learning and Teaching

Throughout my 10+ year career, I’ve worked on this skill. I continue to work on it in my life outside of teaching. This skill will serve you (and your students) in many aspects of life. It’s certainly indispensable in the field of teaching, where stress abounds. So I’m about to tell you what I feel is the one teaching skill that all teachers need.
That skill is: the ability to turn things around.
That problem student? You need to be able to reach him. That bad day? You’ll need to recover from it and carry on the next. Unit plans not effective? You’ll need to change direction. It begins with your mindset. You start by knowing that failure is an opportunity to turn things around. 

The Art of Turning It Around
Failure is not a label, nor a destiny. It is, however, a ‘not yet’ of a particular skill. ‘Not yet’ means you are capable and will get it eventually.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/02/18/the-new-possibilities-to-learn-and-teach-with-ict/

14/07/2016

The current political momentum around skills is certainly welcomed by those whom, as European Schoolnet, strongly believe in the importance of skills and education to thrive in society.

European Schoolnet is a Brussels-based network of 30 European Ministries of Education. We aim to bring innovation in teaching and learning. We therefore welcome the launch of the New Skills Agenda by the European Commission and support the priorities that are set within the agenda, in particular the emphasis on the need to develop digital skills.

From digital skills to the safe and responsible use of online technology, through the wide variety of ICT in education projects we are involved in, it is clear to us how much digital skills are needed for citizens to actively participate in today's digital society, and how central they are in shaping the personal and professional future of a connected generation. Our leading role in a number of European initiatives in the area of STEM and of Key Competences for lifelong learning has further strengthened our belief that investing in the development and recognition of a wide variety of skills is beneficial to learners’ personal development, active citizenship, social inclusion, and employment.

European Schoolnet looks forward to supporting the New Skills Agenda for Europe in the four major areas outlined below. We believe that our network of stakeholders (Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners) together with our targeted actions, tools, platforms, and services are able to contribute to bring about change.

• Foster the development and assessment of key competences
• Develop learners’ digital skills in school
• Enhance young people’s employability
• Develop students’ media literacy and critical thinking for digital citizenship

Learn more:

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/reflections-on-a-professional-strategy-for-eskills-eleadership/