LESSON 7: IT FOR HIGHER THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY

LESSON 7: IT FOR HIGHER THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY

A.     Summary

The project method for higher learning outcomes consists in having the students work on projects with depth, complexity, duration and relevance to the real world. Improving on the Dewey project method, this new method involves students in the active creation of information, such that there is sustained reflective thinking on topics that have a real-world quality to them.

In this revised project method, there is a tighter link between the use of projects for simply coming up with products to having the students undergo the process of complex/higher thinking under the framework of the constructivist paradigm.

The process of the project implementations takes the students to steps, efforts, and experiences in project completion. Meanwhile, thus principle to be borne in mind is that, the process is mre important than the product.

B.     Reflection

Traditional classroom setting is viewed boring, when the teachers present their lesson in a manila paper or they would just write it in board or use books, and present the a small picture for the whole class. Which do not have a big impact to the students, some of the students find the discussion boring. Traditional teachers, use chalkboard, books, manila paper, photos, and videotapes to present their lessons. On the other side this also achieves to give a student’s good presentation of lesson.

Presenting our lesson in that way in today’s learner, this might only create big problem. We are now challenge by our 21^st century learner. Today learner will not only sit down and listen, students are now expected to be not only cognitive, but also flexible, analytical and creative.

 And as a teacher of the 21^st century learner we are task only to facilitate them and let them decide for their own style of project. In that way, students will learn more, they could also internalize the activity that they are doing. Student are the one responsible for their project and teacher will only facilitate and not to provide them with ideas.