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When it comes to education, the Finnish know what they’re doing. The Scandinavian country has one of the top education systems in the world, and this year, ranked number one in literacy. So what’s Finland’s secret? It’s simple: more play, less work.

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Finland

We may graduate from school, but we never stop learning. New jobs, new roles, new relationships: all require the acquisition of new knowledge. To stop learning is to stop improving.

Despite its importance, so many of us develop bad habits and faulty techniques that undermine our ability learn effectively, says Nate Kornell, an associate professor of cognitive psychology at Williams College who studies learning strategies.

Below, Kornell outlines three fundamental principles to learn by. 

1. Embrace discomfort

2. Stop cramming

3. Make connections

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Effective+Learning

Attention parents: If you’d like to see your kids do better in school, have them close their books, set down their pencils and go outside to play.

That’s the latest advice from an international group of experts who studied the value of exercise in school-age kids.

“Physical activity before, during and after school promotes scholastic performance in children and youth,” according to a new consensus statement published Monday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

What’s more, exercise and fitness “are beneficial to brain structure, brain function and cognition,” the experts concluded.

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The group of 24 researchers from the United States, Canada and Europe came up with this advice after poring over the latest scientific and medical research on the benefits of exercise in kids ages 6 to 18. The experts, from a variety of disciplines, gathered in Copenhagen this spring to assess the value of all kinds of exercise, including recess and physical education classes in school, organized youth sports leagues and old-fashioned outdoor play.

Though all of these activities take kids out of the classroom or away from their homework, they are still a good investment in academic achievement, the consensus statement says. Even a single break for moderate-intensity exercise can boost “brain function, cognition and scholastic performance,” according to the statement.

The benefits also extend to the psychological and social realm, the experts wrote. Exercise will clear their heads, help them make friends, and help them feel more confident around their peers as well as coaches and other adults.

Any kind of exercise is valuable, but goal-oriented activities provide extra benefits, the experts found. Among other things, they promote “life skills” and “core values” like respect and social responsibility, they wrote in the statement.

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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/how-to-to-incorporate-ict-within-physical-education/

U.S. Young Adults Lag Behind International Peers

U.S. Young Adults Lag Behind International Peers

U.S. Young Adults Lag Behind International Peers

SO TRUE!

SO TRUE!

The phrase signify hardship of moving forward so I prefer looking at the other side of real life which is being optimistic.

Most creative people have two things in common: They are willing to consider alternatives to the way things are currently done, and they see objects, people, and situations from multiple perspectives.

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity

Todos podemos creaer un mundo de arcoiris, con bellos colores y diferentes experiencias. La imaginacion muchas veces es antes que la accion.

Empowerment of people through Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is an important prerequisite for fostering equitable access to information and knowledge and promoting free, independent and pluralistic media and information systems.

Media and Information Literacy recognizes the primary role of information and media in our everyday lives. It lies at the core of freedom of expression and information - since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and other information providers, to critically evaluate their content, and to make informed decisions as users and producer of information and media content.

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http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/media-development/media-literacy/mil-as-composite-concept/

To create equity in their schools, educators must seek to validate and acknowledge students, expose and reveal the unseen, encourage questioning, and facilitate reflection.

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?

http://chrisemdin.com/portfolio/reality-pedagogy-christopher-emdin-at-tedxteacherscollege/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/

But what I did realize is that successful people are successful because they approach learning in a consistent, systematic, results-focused way.  Bravery isn't a requirement for success. Innate talent isn't a requirement for success. Talented, highly skilled people don't take big risks yet they still learn to accomplish big things.

How? They prepare. They train. They constantly experiment and adapt and refine, refine, refine. Successful people gain superior skills not by breaking through the envelope but by approaching and then slowly and incrementally expanding the boundaries of that envelope.

The key to learning is to make small, smart changes, evaluate the results, discard what doesn't work, and further refine what does work. When you constantly modify and refine something you already do well, you can do it even better.

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Success

Around the world, billions of us use social media every day, and that number just keeps growing. In fact, it’s estimated that by 2018, 2.44 billion people will be using social networks, up from 970,000 in 2010.

We use it for every part of our lives – in our personal relationships, for entertainment, at work and in our studies. To put it into some context, every minute we collectively send more than 30 million messages on Facebook and almost 350,000 tweets.

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http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence

Yet why are we still confiscating mobile devices from our students in schools.

It isn't even in the top five.

It isn't even in the top five.

It isn't even in the top five.

What is Education 4.0? Definition of Education 4.0: Innovation-producing education.

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=EDUcation+4.0

Enligsh dialects looks interesting! If I have a chance later, I want to know more about it :)

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