SLMC's as 21st Century Learners: Dispositions
"Successful learners have developed not only the skills of learning, but also the dispositions to use the skills." (p. 15)
There is a difference between students who learn in the 21st Century and students who are 21st Century learners, and there is a difference between SLMS's who teach in the 21st Century and SLMS's who are 21st Century teachers. To be a 21st Century teacher means that we are first and foremost 21st Century learners ourselves.
What dispositions do we need as SLMS's in order to be 21st Century teachers/learners, and is there one disposition that is more important than others? (According to the book, dispositions are "learning behaviors, attitudes, and habits of mind." p. 15)
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Some of the descriptors I've come across relative to 21st century learners follow: ethical, accountable, productive, a leader, adaptable, critical thinker, problem solver, socially responsible, personally responsible, good communicator, collaborator, contributor, self-directed, possess people skills, creative, globally aware, cross-culturally skilled, responds positively to change, innovative, flexible, and literate financially, economically, entrepreneurially, in business, in civics, and in personal health.
While it's impossible for one person to possess all of these skills and qualities, we librarians tend to have at least our toes wet in most of them. If I had to choose one thing from the list above that I think is more important than the rest as a librarian, I would choose "responds positively to change." The most content librarians and teachers (and the most up-to-date) are those who have responded well to the changes in our profession. The profession is vastly different than it was when I came into it 20 years ago, and although there have been moments of resistance in embracing some of the changes, I realized early on that change is going to happen whether I embrace it or not. -
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