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EDU10006 - Teaching and Learning in the 21 Century

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Swinburne University

   

EDU10006 Teaching and Learning in the 21 Century (EDU10006)

   

Added on  2019-11-12

EDU10006 - Teaching and Learning in the 21 Century

   

Swinburne University

   

EDU10006 Teaching and Learning in the 21 Century (EDU10006)

   Added on 2019-11-12

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TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURYSTUDENT NAME:STUDENT ID:
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Table of contents1. Analysis of the scenario...........................................................................................................................32. Examination of new practices, partnerships and technologies for teaching and learning.......................43. Review and comparison...........................................................................................................................64. Reflection................................................................................................................................................7Reference List..............................................................................................................................................9
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1. Analysis of the scenario According to Kumar and Ahmed (2008) education is a life-long process, this is an acknowledgedfact. Learning, an integral part of education refers to the process of gaining knowledge.Knowledge can be gained from every sphere of life, through social experiences, literaryknowledge and practical knowledge. It is necessary for an individual to acquire proper educationso that the person is able to handle any kind of circumstances. Considering the given casescenario, it has been observed, the principal and teachers of the school have decided to educatethe grade two students about the fire incident which occurred in the coal mine. It is believed thatscience projects can be conducted, dealing with questions about the reason and consequence offire breakout along with the effects. Jim the local fire-fighter has been invited so that he can talkabout the incident with the students. It can be assessed that the school has taken the traditional approach of education. Firstly, theclass consists of a large group of students. Secondly, the fire-fighter would some to the class totalk about the whole incident of the coal mine fire accident and this includes a long lecture. Theestimated time for the whole discourse would be around 40 to 50 minutes, minimum over 30minutes. Apart from the fire-fighter, the teachers would participate to conduct further discussionwith the students. From the scenario, it has been understood that the teachers has asked thestudents to write a full essay about the coal mine and the fire breakout, the effects, impacts alongwith the consequences. This is considered necessary to get an overall assessment of the studentsregarding the entire incident. It is believed that this step would be helpful for the students toknow more about the reasons which can create similar fire related incidents along with the wayto resolve such issues. However, there are certain issues which can be perceived due to thismethod of teaching. The first and the foremost factor which needs consideration, the emotions of students regardingthe fire and coal mine incident. The case scenario has mentioned that the incident have forced theschool to remain close for ten days. Students were unable to come to school because of theincident. It should be mentioned that the community has been affected much due to the incident,therefore it can be said that the incident is a sensitive issue for the students which should behandled properly. The issue with traditional teaching is that the fire incident is treated as general
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