Share Paper: What Educators Get Wrong About 21st Century Learning

  1. Punya Mishra, Michigan State University, United States
  2. Rohit Mehta, Michigan State University, United States
Thursday, March 24 3:20-3:40 PM Regency F

Abstract: The question “What knowledge is of most worth?” is one that deserves being revisited and revised periodically. This is of particular significance today, given the influence of digital technologies on learning. Kereluik et al. (2013) offered a synthesis of multiple expert frameworks and perspectives on what is important about learning in the 21st century. This research study builds on the Kereluik study by conducting a survey of educators to see how practitioners’ perspective matches that of the experts. More specifically we investigate how educators value and rank the 9 forms of knowledge (under 3 broad categories, foundational, humanistic, and meta) ...