Module+2-The+21st+Century

= MODULE 2: Understanding 21st Century Education-How Does It Apply to PBL? = =   = = media type="youtube" key="pMcfrLYDm2U" height="372" width="455" = = ﻿ =

__**Schools**__ will go from ‘buildings’ to 'nerve centers', with walls that are porous and transparent, connecting teachers, students and the community to the wealth of knowledge that exists in the world.”

**__Teacher__** - From primary role as a dispenser of information to orchestrator of learning and helping students turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom. The 21st century will require knowledge generation, not just information delivery, and schools will need to create a “culture of inquiry”.

**__Learner__** - In the past a learner was a young person who went to school, spent a specified amount of time in certain courses, received passing grades and graduated. Today we must see learners in a new context:

First, we must maintain student interest by helping them see how what they are learning prepares them for life in the real world. Secondly, we must instill curiosity, which is fundamental to lifelong learning. Thirdly, we must be flexible in how we teach, and fourthly, we must excite learners to become even more resourceful so that they will continue to learn outside the formal school day.”