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Action Plan. Qurrat-ul-ain Raza The City School Darakhshan Campus English Language/ Literature in English Teacher. Goals. Long term goals: The very idea behind chalking out an action plan is to: execute and adopt 21 st century skills to teaching
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Action Plan Qurrat-ul-ain Raza The City School Darakhshan Campus English Language/ Literature in English Teacher
Goals Long term goals: The very idea behind chalking out an action plan is to: • execute and adopt 21st century skills to teaching • Creating 21st century learning environment in class • Fostering critical thinking and collaboration in classroom • Facilitate student centered classrooms that encourage self direction and higher order thinking. • And thus making learning conducive for 21st century learners
Goals Short term goals: • Alter my questioning techniques to promote critical thinking; (applying bloom’s taxonomy) • Encourage collaboration among students through group work and peer checking • To evoke creativity and intellectual curiosity amongst the students through innovative assignments • Adopt student centered learning in suitable lessons • Making lessons flexible, creative, challenging and complex. • Developing self confidence and good communication skills in the students • Assigning group work according to the potential of the students (keeping Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences in mind)
Illustration of Bloom’s taxonomy 21st century Learner
Challenges and Solutions Challenges Solutions • Parents will not understand my teaching strategies • The head mistress may not support my new approach • There are students of heterogeneous intellectual levels in my class • Parents will be sent news letters and a pre emptive (beginning of the session) parent teacher meeting will help parents understand the importance of complying with the new teaching methodology • Through a discussion meeting based on the designed curriculum the head mistress will be acquainted with the necessity and effectiveness of the new teaching methodology • Individualized instructions will be given to slow learners. Plus an after school extra learning support class will help them catch up with the curriculum
Challenges and Solutions Challenges Solutions • Computer lab and audio visual room might not be available for all the sections • Time constraint may hinder the execution of interactive activities • Computers might not be available all the time • Prior permission will be taken from the lab in charge and the availability shall be confirmed a week prior to the class • P.E.Periods and library periods can be utilized on the alternative basis. • The teachers and students will bring their own laptops, ipods and phones for the presentation.
Resources • Websites Referred: • http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+-+Applying • http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/What_is_21st_Century_Education.htm • http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/ • http://www.21stcenturycollaborative.com/ • http://www.21learn.org/ • http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120 • www.ets.org • www.stewards.edu/eet/articles/bloomrev/index.htm • Intel teach program booklet
“One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Conclusion • I hope this mapped out Action plan will help innovative learning facilitate 21st century learning and serve as the stepping stone to innovative teaching and discover new possibilities “The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another”. MarvaCollins “By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.” Latin Proverb
