TRADITIONAL TEACHING AND 21ST CENTURY TEACHING

TRADITIONAL TEACHING

21ST CENTURY TEACHING

It is concerned with the teacher being the only one in charge of the learning environment/Process. The power and responsibility are held only by the teacher and they play the role of instructor and decision maker –in regards of the curriculum content and specific outcomes. They tell students they have 'knowledge holes' that need to be filled with information.     “The traditional teacher views that it is the teacher that causes learning to occur.” (Novak, 1998)

In this aspect, students are able to ask questions to teachers without feeling worried about the teacher’s response.  This one is also an education that integrates all kind of Ss to participate in spite of the race, sex, or religion they belong to. There are also more opportunities for all of those kids with disabilities to integrate into this marvelous learning process.

TRAILS OF THE 21^ST CENTURY TEACHER --- TOP 10

1- Personalized Instructions & Learner-Centered Classroom

This kind of teacher gives personalized instructions to his Ss. He follows a lesson plan, but he also tries to give instructions that can be understandable by everyone. His classroom is also centered in the learners.  Because they are the basis of the educational process.

2- He sees his students as producers

Today's students have the latest and greatest tools for learning foreign languages, yet, the usage in many cases barely goes beyond communicating with family and friends via chat, text, or even phone calls. Even though students are now viewed as digital natives, many are far from producing any digital content. That is why this teacher thinks that his Ss are able to produce more things that thought.

3- He learns new technologies

In order to be able to offer students different choices, having one's own hands-on experience and expertise will be useful. Since technology keeps developing, learning a tool once and for all is not an option. He has to be capable of using different tools that can help him develop a better job during his classes.

4- Goes Global

Today tools make possible for teachers to learn about other countries and people. Of course, textbooks are still sufficient and used by many schools around the world. There is nothing like learning languages, cultures, and communication skills from talking to people from other parts of the world.

5. He is Smart and Uses Smart Phones

Once students are encouraged to view their devices as valuable tools that can help support knowledge (but not as distractions), they start using them as such. Different students have different needs when it comes to help with new vocabulary or questions; therefore, there is no need to waste time and explain something that perhaps only one or two students would understand.

6.  He uses Blogs

They have written the importance of student’s and teacher’s blogging. Using a blog can help students to understand more about a certain topic.

7. He goes Digital

Another important attribute this kind of teacher has is that he goes paperless. Organizing teaching resources and activities on one's own website and integrating technology bring students learning experience to a different level. Also, sharing links and offering digital discussions as opposed to a constant paper flow allows students to access and share class resources in a more organized fashion.

8- Collaborative

Technology allows collaboration between teachers & students. Creating digital resources, presentations, and projects together with other educators and students will make classroom activities resemble the real world.

9- He uses Twitter Chat/ Facebook Chat

Participating in Twitter chat/Facebook chat is the cheapest and most efficient way to be organized, to share research and ideas, and to stay current with issues and updates in the field. A teacher can grow professionally and expand our knowledge as there is a great conversation happening every day.

10- Project-Based Learning

As today's students have an access to authentic resources on the web, experts anywhere in the world, and peers learning the same subject somewhere else, teaching with textbooks is very "20th-century.” Today's students should develop their own driving questions, conduct their research, contact experts, and create final projects to share all using devices already in their hands.

NEST & no-NEST

A NEST has some facilities when it comes to developing a class. The fact that is a Native English Speaker helps to understand easily the kids he works with. But a no-NEST sometimes has several problems thanks to the gap between him and his students. The language barrier seems to be big once they begin to develop the classes, but it disappears throughout the learning process.