Education for the 21Education for the 21stst century: century:• Interconnected thinkingInterconnected thinking• Global literacyGlobal literacy• Flexible application of skillsFlexible application of skills• Problem solvingProblem solving

“An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.”

~ Johnetta Cole, Former President, Spelman College

Effective Instructional Practices

Billig, Root, and Jesse (2005) found that using service-learning to teach content standards was among the strongest predictors of all academic outcomes.

Teachers who aligned their service-learning activities

with standards had students who scored higher on

measures of academic efficacy and engagement

than those who did not.

Billig, S. H. & Broderson, R. M. (2007). Case studies of effective practices in the partnership in character education project: Evaluation for the

School District of Philadelphia. Denver, CO: RMC Research Corporation.

Studies have shown achievement gains on measures

of cognitive complexity and problem-solving (Billig & Meyer, 2002;

Meyer & Billig, 2003); on grade point averages (Kirkham, 2001) and

motivation to learn (Ritchie & Walters,

2003).

It has long been recognized that traditional teaching techniques often fail to encourage “deep” learning of subject content, which goes beyond short-term rote memorization to enable the assimilation of new knowledge in a way which allows re-application to novel situations.

Entwhistle, N.J. (2007) Styles of Learning and Teaching: An Integrated Outline of Educational Psychology. London: David Fulton.

Wednesday June 23 (Palomar Hotel)◦ 2:00 – 4:00 PM Registration◦ 4:00 – 6:00 PM Opening Session◦ 6:00 – 8:00 PM Dinner

Thursday June 24 (Palomar Hotel)◦ 8:00 AM – Noon Reflection and Sessions◦ 1:00 – 5:00 PM Sessions and Reflection

Friday June 25 (American Art Museum)◦ 7:30 AM Departure to Museum◦ 8:00 AM – Noon Museum Sessions◦ Noon Lunch◦ 1:00 – 4:00 PM Sessions and Reflection◦ 4:00 PM Adjourn

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