21st century skill requirements for teachers and learners
by Samuel Wirtz
1. Teamwork and leaderhip
2. Problem solving
3. Skills contribute to economic growth
3.1. Main goal: creating, producing, presenting and publishing
3.2. More efficent work environment
4. Teachers and learners have to be able to use a computer effectively
4.1. They have to know different manipulations like keyboard shortcuts
4.2. They should also be able to type a text quickly
4.3. They should not hesitate too much on how to handle (common) programms
5. Usefulness of these skills outside of sole economic purpose
5.1. People internalize team spirit and solidarity, which leads them to feel collectively whole
5.2. Critically thinking defuses crisis situations
5.3. Digital communication enables people to meet and to work together, when other means of communication are not available
6. Teachers have to think about tomorrow, not today
6.1. Very fast changing world
6.2. Learners shouldn't be prepared for today when tomorrow everything has changed
6.3. Teach students how to adapt to new situations
6.4. Teach students how to act/react very fast
7. Adaptability
7.1. Reacting very fast
7.2. Very fast changing world
7.3. Ability to adapte to every situation
7.4. Being able to learn new things in a short time period
7.5. Not being stuck in the past
8. High dynamic and constant change
8.1. We have to develop comprehensive skills
8.2. flexibility & adaptability
8.3. creative problem solving & critical thinking
9. Education practices
9.1. teachers need to encourage students in their creativity
9.2. teachers need fundamentials in computer science
9.3. teachers need to transfer students a suspicious look against digital informations
9.4. teachers need to expand the relationship between students and nature
9.5. teachers need to diversify the different learning approaches
10. Have to know how to use the internet correctly
10.1. A teacher has to be able to teach children how to find good and reliable information
10.2. Should find an answer to his question quickly
11. Has to be able to learn unlearn and relearn
11.1. Quote by Alvin Toffler
11.2. By this quote he wants to explain that the illiterate of the 21th century won't be the person who can't read and write very well.
11.3. The computer will help those people to correct their texts and read them
12. Teachers should use Computers, Smartphones and Tablets in their class
12.1. They should stop competing and forbidding them
12.2. Children know them nearly from they birth on and they like to work with them
13. Tutoring
13.1. Beaing a tutor/leader/collaborator/facilitator/analyst istead of an instructer/ "dictator"
13.2. students and teachers can be tutors
13.3. Helping students to improve their own existing skills
13.4. self-learning
13.5. self-determination
14. Student in the center of learning
14.1. adapting to his needs
14.2. to build on his knowledge
15. Have be able to incorporate multiple principles, theories and knowledge
15.1. to be able to design lessons, that work for all the students
15.2. Combination of technological, pedagogical and content knowledge
15.3. be life-long learners
16. New roles for the teacher in the 21st century
16.1. In the 21st century, a teacher should have different skills:
16.1.1. He should be a role model for his students.
16.1.2. He should be open to new learning pathways and teaching methods and try to educate himself more and more.
16.1.3. He must be able to think critically, but he should not be too strict with himself.
16.1.4. Be able to put himself in the position of each student, support them and help them develop into a unique personality.
16.1.5. It was intended to give students freedom, but students should always be supervised.
16.1.6. He should bring creativity and flexibility to the class.
16.1.7. He must be able to work with digital media and find his way around the digital world as a whole.
16.1.8. He must bring class dynamics and have a good relationship with his students.