Week 9 Reflection

For your reading reflection, pick out two trends or issues in Chapter 21 that particularly surprised you and/or hit home and explain why.

1.    NTeQ Model.

NTeQ model “uses an instructional design foundation to develop problem-based lessons focused on student use of technology as a tool”. To solve problem, student need to get required knowledge and skills, which are the instructional objectives. By following the ten-step lesson plan, teacher can efficiently integrate the instruction with computer by designing the instructional resource (including information and environment that are needed in learning process) and the instructional process of student achieve the knowledge and skills. Besides, this model is also helpful on improving students’ abilities. Since student might be curious about the problem, it can stimulate the student’s initiative of learning. In problem-solving process, students need to select appropriate information from various information and resources that teachers provide to solve problems. In this process, student grasped the instructional content. At the same time, they get practice of their critical thinking since they need to reason some questions such as “why choose this information” or “how to use this information”. As later of this chapter mention about, critical thinking and problem-solving skills are important element in twenty-first-century.

2.    Preparing for the Twenty-First Century.

I think this is what we are doing right now, preparing ourselves. Under the situation of globalization, the requirements for people are different from before. To be able to get a position in such a highly competitive environment, the professional knowledge that only learned from schools is hard to meet the needs. The elements that listed in this chapter (page 213) make me think about the situation of Chinese education. In our undergraduate study, we only focus on the major study, instead of learning something else at the same time, like the Life skills. On the other hand, in China, students always are passive audient. They get knowledge from listen to what teacher tells to them most time. They are hard to get development of their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Well, I know that this might because the tradition of Chinese education since the long, long time ago. But the 21^st Century Skills affords us some good points that merit attention. Maybe, what we need is a revolution of our education system.