"Then&Now" 21st Century Learning

When old ways of learning started to become outdated a new term was coined “21st Century Learning”. 21st Century Learning aims to provide the best & authentic education for today’s world’s learners.

There are key subjects which are crucial if one wants to success in the 21st Century Learning. Some of the most important of these are under the title of Learning and Innovation Skills; the 4C’s;

1. collaboration which means the learners ability to work with the others, 
2. critical-thinking which means the learners ability to form a judgment from what they know, 
3. creativity which means the learners ability to create something new and useful 
4. communication which means the learners ability to interact with others in a meaningful way. 

21st aims to make learners USE the language instead of just

pointlessly memorizing the grammar rules.

We can list the main differences between 21st Century Learning 

and old ways of teaching as follows:

• The teacher functions as a facilitator instead of a narrator of the grammar.

• Students are given real-life task as much as possible instead of artificial ones.   

• Students are perceived as “doers & creators” instead of teacher being perceived as the “maker”. 

• Technology is integrated into teaching instead of being used only situationally.