Tuesday 18 February 2014

21st Century Skills Part 2: Content




We agree that language itself is not enough for our 21st century students. In fact the three main areas of content covered in the video are considered within 5th form projects: cross curricular, cross cultural content and global themes. There are some instances that still need to be polished such as bilingual Project, but we still work across the curriculum collaborating with teachers from other groups in primary and secondary.
What we consider to be unacceptable is to expect everybody to be the same as we are, not to acknowledge diversity. We would like to include cross cultural activities this year, communicating with schools from other countries within the connecting classroom framework. It would be interesting to share different points of view regarding the same topic globally, in order to reflect on our own culture and to discover how it differs from others.
5th form Projects take into account global themes sucha as children's righs, the environment, pollution, poverty etc; which aim at raising social awareness and building global citizenship. In this way we pretend to expand their view of the world.

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  1. I totally agree that 5th is the class that practically include all these kind of contents and it is also true tgat we shoul include intercultural contents. It could be great that you do not only work with other countries and their cultures but also the different people in the same class! As an other way of considering intercultural experiences.
    As for expanding tge view How about using forums?Iam sure this could be a great experience and If I am not wrong you have never participated in one!

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    1. I have never participated in a forum, and I would love to see how it works out. We'll have to think and decide how to go about it!

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