Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1KEFgD6Dtg
The World Has Changed
We have moved into a
more demanding
cognitive age, compelling
people to become better
at absorbing, processing
and combining
information.
CityMayor Statistics
Today cities with the largest
populations
1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000
6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000
7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000
9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000
http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm
How will this change in 2025?
1. Tokyo, Japan 36.4 million
2. Mumbai, India 26.4 The World Resource
Institute predicts 33
3. Delhi, India 22.4
mega cities--those with
4. Dhaka, Bangladesh 22
populations exceeding
5. Sao Paulo, Brazil 18.3 8 million--by 2025.
6. Mexico City, Mexico 21 That's up from 21 in
7. New York City, 20.6 1990, not to mention
8. Calcutta India, 20.6 mil two in 1950 (London
9. Shanghai, China 19.4 and New York). All but
10. Karachi, Pakistan 19.1 six of the 33 will be in
the developing world.
Tom Van Riper , 2008
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/19/cities-population-
pollution-innovation08-cx_tvr_0319futurecities.html
The two chief forces reshaping
our world are the changing
demographics and the
technological changes.
From: Internet World Stats
Two Paradigms for Globalization
• The globalization paradigm leads people to see economic
development as a form of foreign policy, as a grand
competition between nations and civilizations. These
abstractions, called “the Chinese” or “the Indians,” are
doing this or that.
Alvin Toffler
The Transformation
• If the world in the 21st Century is going to be
more demanding of our young people, then we
must urge them to higher and higher standards,
more and more qualifications and a disposition
for learning throughout life.
Core Curriculum +
• Global awareness
• Financial, economic, business and
entrepreneurial literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Environmental awareness
This Isn’t an Add-On Curriculum
This:
– Is a whole new way of thinking—a new
“Pedagogical DNA”
– Requires modeling in the classroom,
what we expect of our learners
– Requires empowerment of teachers
rather than limiting them as is called for
in the “leadership standard” of the new
NC 21st Century Teacher Standards
The 1st step is for schools to
restructure curriculum & pedagogy!
Mathematics Workshop
Integrating the Child with their
Social & Physical World through
School Experiences
SCHOOL
CHILD WORLD
EXPERIENCES
CHILD
• http://www.epals.com/
A Major Shift away from Teacher-
Centered to Child-Centered
Constructivist Theory
http://people.uncw.edu/powelld/
Checklist for Self-Monitoring your Teaching
• Why am I teaching this to these students? How does it
fulfill their needs? (How does it lead to achieving the
standards in the NCSCS and the 21st Century Skills?)
• What is my big understanding or strategy I am teaching?
(What are my standard(s) and objective?)
• How will this idea or strategy be used by these children,
today, tomorrow and in the future?
• Is my work impacting the dispositions of my students?
• How will my assessment planned for this lesson inform
me, my students, and their parents about what they have
learned or need to learn next?
• Who has the primary responsibility for learning in this
lesson? Do I have trust in myself and my children?
• How is my teaching consistent with my beliefs and what I
know about kids?
Brad Walker & Debbie Powell