What is a lifelong learning education?
What does it mean to teach for lifelong learning?
Will she be a successful learner? Will his learning be relevant and meaningful? Will she be prepared for a lifetime of learning?
That depends on us!
Create greater student success
Become a lifelong learning educator/school
Adopt the four goals of a lifelong learning education…
Create a positive, growth oriented learning environment
Students are interested in learning, motivated to find answers and solve problems, engaged in exploring ideas, and are able and willing to put in the effort to improve their learning and their work over time.
Build a foundation of key understandings and vital skills
Students develop core understandings, ideas, and skill sets that are relevant, meaningful, and significant.
Develop independent, collaborative learners who know how to apply and deepen learning
Students are able to use and apply foundational understandings and skills to ask questions, further their learning, conduct research, understand complex ideas, examine and analyze thoughtful challenges, debate issues, pursue their interests, plan for the future, work closely with others, and more.
Broaden and enrich student experiences
Students are given opportunities to have new and authentic learning experiences; try new things; discover and develop their talents, strengths, and interests; deepen their interests and understanding through enrichment activities, apprenticeships, community activism, service learning opportunities, and more.
Learn more about these goals and the practices of successful teaching and learning and a lifelong learning educational approach by reading:
Seif, Elliott. Teaching for Lifelong Learning: How to Prepare Students for a Changing World
(Solution Tree Press)
Book is also available on Amazon.
With this resource, you will:
Understand what the latest research on learning tells us about successful teaching and learning.
Understand the importance of developing positive learning environments that support curious explorers, independent thinkers, and growth mindsets.
Learn why and how to focus learning around key understandings and five critical skill sets.
Engage students by organizing instruction and assessment around a four phase instructional process.
Learn how and when to use a variety of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, with special emphasis on formative assessment.
Explore many examples of success-oriented, lifelong learning instruction from various disciplines and grade levels across elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Know what to look for when analyzing, choosing, or designing a new curriculum, and how to adapt Understanding by Design to promote greater success and a lifelong learning approach.
Learn how project based learning and citizenship education fit into a lifelong learning education program.
Learn how to adapt and change classroom and school practices and programs over time to promote greater student success and a lifelong learning education.