- What does it mean to be an adaptive and analytical educator in the 21st century?
- What does it take to be a 21st century citizen who integrates technology effectively?
- What does a learning experience that effectively integrates new technologies look like, and do you you know it is effective
Question 1: What does it mean?
Adapative: "The change in behavior of an individual or gorup in adjustment to a new or modified cultural surroundings". American Heritage Dictionary (1969)
Analytical refers to: logical, investigative, diagnositc, systematic, critical, methodoical, questioning, reasoned, rational and analytic (dividing into into parts or basic principles)
In Bloom Taxonomy of Cognitive Doman the term analysis includes: the ability to break down its component parts so that organizaitonal structure may be understood. This includes parts identification, examining parts relationships and reconizing organizations principles.
Action verbs thatBloom uses include: "break down, correlate, diagram, differentiate, discriminate, distinquish, focus, infer, outline, point out, reconized, sepeatate, subdivide, compare, contrast, inspect, inventory, related, and examine".
My educator interests are 1) adult learning (health literacy), 2) life long learning, 3)issue programing and 4) action research. Starting with the basics four questions to ask myself
- What are the learner charactertics?
- What learner outcomes are expected?
- What content is required?
- What methods should be employed?
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