After weeks of reading on teaching and why we should rethink it to fit the 21st century, we came as a group to a possible solution. Our thinking started with finding questions on the problem to polarize our thinking around the best possible solution (or the best bad idea). We needed to consider all the factors and stakeholders in order to come up with an that fits in a large puzzle.
In the video, we explain the problem briefly, what does a teacher job is and how it changed in the recent century? We also talk about the gap between what graduates have verses what the market needs. This gap is what we try to fill through our solution.
We then explain our proposed solution which is based on TPACK framework. Our solution focuses on building soft skills based on a current existing curriculum. By this we mean that students will still study the same material, however they will be tested on how much they can apply their learning in real life projects. This way they will have to interact with other people, think critically and develop their interpersonal skills.
Our solution also changes the classes test-based assessment. So students will be evaluated based on a rubric that measures their development throughout their studying and evaluates their soft skills, such as: cooperation, empathy, and critical thinking.
At the end we evaluate the feasibility of our solution and the scalability. We base our thinking on research and the survey results we received from our Learning Network and colleagues to present a biased point of view.
Please tell us what you think. Would you like to teach critical thinking? Allow your students to apply what you teach?
Hanan Alshikh 