Effective Pedagogies for 21st-Century Learning

• Reflect on the changing role of teachers in the 21st century;
• Understand the key features of 21st-century pedagogies;
• Comprehend the fundamental psychological processes activated in student-centered learning;
• Employ project-based learning in their classroom;
• Adopt technology to enhance their students’ learning;
• Engage students in collaborative learning;
• Design creative tasks for creative problem-solving;
• Create lesson plans and activities using 21st-century pedagogies;
• Use rubrics to assess the learning outcomes of competence-based pedagogies.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1 – Introduction to the student-centered classroom for 21st-Century Learning

• Introduction to the course, the school, and the external week activities;
• Icebreaker activities;
• Presentations of the participants’ schools.

Student-centered classroom for 21st-century learning

• Competence-based education in the 21st century;
• The learning process in student-centered learning;
• The key features of a 21st-century student-centered classroom;
• Using rubrics to assess the learning outcomes of competence-based pedagogies.

Day 2 – Project-based Learning: changing roles of teachers

• Strengths of project-based learning to implement 21st-century skills in learning;
• Roles and responsibilities of the teacher as facilitator;
• Structure and steps to conduct project-based learning (PBL);
• Brainstorming ideas to organize project-based learning in your school contexts.

Day 3 – Technology-enhanced learning: blended learning and flipped classroom

• The SAMR model: role of technology in supporting learning;
• Pros and cons of blended learning and flipped classroom;
• Good practices of blended learning;
• Steps to design a flipped classroom;
• Introduction to online interactive tools to support learning;
• Designing a flipped lesson plan/blended learning plan.

Day 4 – Social learning: collaborative learning strategies

• Collaborative learning Dos and Don’ts;
• Creative and thoughtful grouping;
• Reflections and debriefing to deepen the collaborative experience;
• Good practices of collaborative learning.

Day 5 – Teaching creative problem solving: the design thinking approach

• Understanding the creative process and traits of creative people;
• 5-step model of design thinking;
• Mini-workshop to experience the design thinking process.

Day 6 – Course closure and cultural activities

• Course evaluation: round-up of acquired competencies, feedback, and discussion;
• Awarding of the course Certificate of Attendance;
• Excursion and other external cultural activities.