Education Skills for 21st Century Teachers Voices From a Global Onli
This monograph presents the current views, challenges and future needs of educators from a global online exchange where educators and researchers discuss the 21st century skills needed by students and teachers. The three editors, who participated in the g
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Ian G. Kennedy Gloria Latham Hélia Jacinto
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Welcome to our Chrestomathy1 We are like flower gatherers and butterfly collectors, curating and cataloguing our delicate collection, always looking for new species and new trends. The butterfly has an uncertain future. It does not know about its future job as a chrysalis. Nevertheless it builds up its strength for that unknown role. As long as butterflies learn to adapt to change, the species will survive.
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Ian G. Kennedy · Gloria Latham · Hélia Jacinto
Education Skills for 21st Century Teachers Voices From a Global Online Educators’ Forum
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Ian G. Kennedy University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa
Hélia Jacinto University of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
Gloria Latham University of Sydney Sydney, NSW Australia
ISSN 2211-1921 ISSN 2211-193X (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Education ISBN 978-3-319-22607-1 ISBN 978-3-319-22608-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22608-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015951389 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
As a long serving (32 years) practicing secondary school science teacher, a question about what the 21st century teacher needed to know and be able to do fascinated me. In my professional position, I hear many complaints about the “students of today” and it worries me. Is it the students, is it the system, is it us, or a combination? In the responses to this question, I was hoping for some answers. This seemingly a straightforward question on ResearchG
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