e-book Abstract: Peek in the window of almost any classroom across British Columbia, and you’re likely to find a familiar site. Inside you’ll find desks or tables neatly arranged in rows, a teacher’s desk parked near the front class, and white boards, or possibly even chalk boards, intermittently placed around an off-white, or pale beige room. It’s a common scene, the kind that brings parents back to their days as students. And while those memories may be cherished ones, nostalgia does very little to improve their children’s education.
The problem with the interior spaces in the vast majority of BC schools, is that they are designed to suit the needs of 20th century students. The classrooms may have served the needs of the students’ parents, but most spaces do not lend themselves to helping students learn the skills identified by educational experts as critical, for youth to be successful in the 21st century. If the Province wants graduates who are well prepared to adapt, innovate, create, critically assess, and navigate the future, then we as teachers, administrators, and school district officials need to reimagine BC schools, so they all can provide BC students with engaging learning environments to hone 21st century skills.
The intention of this e-book is to serve as a resource for educators across our amazing province. It focuses on how changes to the BC curriculum, along with student-centered pedagogical approaches, and improved classrooms design can aid us meet the needs of 21st learning. Hyperlinks to additional web-based resources have been included throughout the text, to help in the reimagining process.
Jake Main
December 2015
Below are downloadable PDF, Word and iBooks versions of the e-book. To download, simply click on the document icon. If you have any problems please contact me at: [email protected] or via twitter: @jacobsmain
The problem with the interior spaces in the vast majority of BC schools, is that they are designed to suit the needs of 20th century students. The classrooms may have served the needs of the students’ parents, but most spaces do not lend themselves to helping students learn the skills identified by educational experts as critical, for youth to be successful in the 21st century. If the Province wants graduates who are well prepared to adapt, innovate, create, critically assess, and navigate the future, then we as teachers, administrators, and school district officials need to reimagine BC schools, so they all can provide BC students with engaging learning environments to hone 21st century skills.
The intention of this e-book is to serve as a resource for educators across our amazing province. It focuses on how changes to the BC curriculum, along with student-centered pedagogical approaches, and improved classrooms design can aid us meet the needs of 21st learning. Hyperlinks to additional web-based resources have been included throughout the text, to help in the reimagining process.
Jake Main
December 2015
Below are downloadable PDF, Word and iBooks versions of the e-book. To download, simply click on the document icon. If you have any problems please contact me at: [email protected] or via twitter: @jacobsmain
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