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Preparing University Students for Life, Work, and Citizenship Saouma BouJaoude Department of Education American University of Beirut

4/19/20 3 § Should young people become educated to get prepared to enter the workforce, or § Should the purpose of education be focused more on social, academic, The Purpose of Higher Education cultural and intellectual development so that students can grow up to be engaged citizens? § Education should prepare young people for life, work and citizenship. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 4 § Skills Needed for Living and Working in the Twenty-first Century § Guiding Principles for Learning in the Twenty-first Century Outline § How Can the University Contribute to Preparing Students for Life, Work , and Citizenship? Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 5 Skills Needed For Living And Working In The 21sts Century Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 6 TOP 10 SKILLS IN TOP 10 SKILLS IN 2015 2020 § Complex problem § Complex problem solving solving § Critical thinking § Coordination with others § Creativity § People management § People management Skills in Demand 2015 and § Critical thinking § Coordination with others 2020 § Negotiation § Emotional (Future of Work Report, World Economic Forum, § Quality control intelligence http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_J § Service orientation obs.pdf) § Judgement and § Judgement and decision making decision making § Service orientation § Active listening § Negotiation § Creativity § Cognitive flexibility Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 7 § 21 st century skills : § Collaboration and teamwork § Creativity and imagination § Critical thinking § Problem solving § Flexibility and adaptability Changing Nature of § Global and cultural awareness Work: Needs of the 21 st § Leadership Century Labor Market § Civic literacy and citizenship § Oral and written communication skills § Social responsibility and ethics § Initiative § Information and digital literacy Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 8 § Questions? Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 9 Guiding Principles for Learning in the Twenty- first Century Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 10 § The six elements of 21st century learning are: § Emphasize core subjects § Emphasize learning skills § Use 21st century tools to develop learning Elements of 21st skills Century Learning § Teach and learn in a 21st century context (Partnership for 21 st Century Skills) § Teach and learn new 21st century content § Use 21st century assessments that measure core subjects and 21st century skills Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 11 § Make learning relevant § Simultaneously develop lower and higher order thinking skills § Encourage transfer of learning Teaching and Learning § Teach students to learn how to learn 21st Century Skills § Promote teamwork as a process and outcome § Make full use of technology to support learning § Foster students’ creativity Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 12 § Research on learning conducted by L. Resnick (University of Pennsylvania) at the dawn of the 21 st century has resulted in nine principles of learning Guiding Principles for (https://ifl.pitt.edu/how-we- Learning in the Twenty- work/principles-of-learning.cshtml) first Century § These could be used as “Guiding Principles for Learning” in the Twenty- first Century Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 13 I. Organizing for Effort II. Clear Expectations III. Fair and Credible Evaluations IV. Recognition of Accomplishment Guiding Principles for V. Academic Rigor in a Thinking Learning in the Twenty Curriculum first Century VI. Accountable Talk VII. Socializing Intelligence VIII. Self-management of Learning IX. Learning as Apprenticeship Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 14 § An effort-based education should replace the assumption that aptitude/ability determines what and how much students learn with Or Organ aniz izin ing for Effort the assumption that sustained and directed effort can yield high achievement for all students. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 15 § If we expect all students to achieve at high levels, then we need to define explicitly what we expect students to learn. II. II. C Clea ear E Exp xpec ectati tion ons § These expectations need to be communicated clearly. § Descriptive criteria and models of work that meet standards should be publicly displayed Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 16 § If we expect students to put forth sustained effort over time, we need to use assessments that students III. F III. Fair a and C Cred edible e find fair, and that all stakeholders Evaluations Ev (parents, community, and employers) find credible. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 17 § If we expect students to put forth and sustain high levels of effort, we need to motivate them by regularly recognizing their accomplishments. IV . Recognition of § Clear recognition of authentic Accomplishments accomplishment is hallmark of an effort-based education. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 18 § Cognitive research in learning is clear that knowledge matters. It is the basis for reasoning. Well- organized knowledge allows people to learn and use large amounts of V . Academic Rigor in a information in productive ways. Thinking Curriculum (1) § The real challenge for educators is to integrate rigor of content with high-level thinking and active use of knowledge Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 19 § One way to get more learning into the limited time that we have is by continually combining rigorous content with high thinking demand and active sense making. V . Academic Rigor in a Thinking Curriculum (2) § Thinking and problem solving will be the “new basics” of the 21 st century. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 20 § Knowledge and thinking are intimately joined: The common ideas that we can teach thinking without a solid foundation of knowledge and that we can teach knowledge without V . Academic Rigor in a engaging students in thinking should Thinking Curriculum (3) be abandoned. § Active use of knowledge: People only acquire robust, lasting knowledge if they themselves do the mental work of making sense of it. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 21 § Accountable talk sharpens students’ thinking by reinforcing their ability to build and use knowledge. § Teachers create the norms and VI. Accountable Talk skills of Accountable Talk by modeling appropriate forms of discussion and by questioning, probing, and leading conversations. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 22 § Students actively participate in classroom talk. § Students listen attentively to one another Accountable Talk (2): § Students elaborate and build upon Accountability to the ideas and each others' Learning Community contributions. § Students work toward the goal of clarifying or expanding a proposition. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 23 § Students synthesize several sources of information § Students construct explanations. § Students formulate conjectures and Accountable Talk (3): hypotheses Accountability to Rigorous Thinking § Students test their own understanding of concepts. § Students challenge the quality of each others' evidence and reasoning. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 24 § Intelligence is a set of problem- solving and reasoning capabilities along with the habits of mind that lead one to use those capabilities regularly. § Intelligent habits of mind are learned VII. Socializing through the daily expectations placed Intelligence on the learner. § By calling on students to use the skills of intelligent thinking educators can “teach” intelligence. Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 25 § Students need to use an array of self- monitoring and self-management strategies. § These metacognitive skills include: VIII. Self-management § Noticing when one does not of Learning understand something and taking steps to remedy the situation § Formulating questions and inquiries that let one explore deep levels of meaning. . Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 26 § For many centuries most people learned by working alongside an expert who modeled skilled practice and guided novices as they IX. Learning as created authentic products or Apprenticeship performances for interested and critical audiences Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 27 I. Organizing for Effort II. Clear Expectations III. Fair and Credible Evaluations IV. Recognition of Accomplishment Guiding Principles for V. Academic Rigor in a Thinking Learning in the Twenty Curriculum first Century VI. Accountable Talk VII. Socializing Intelligence VIII. Self-management of Learning IX. Learning as Apprenticeship Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 28 § Questions? Antonine University June 17 2019

4/19/20 29 How Can the University Contribute to Preparing Students for Life, Work , and Citizenship? Antonine University June 17 2019