INTASC Learning Outcomes

After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Identify the characteristics of 21^st century change and articulate how these change characteristics affect schools, teachers, and students. (INTASC 2: Development and Learning; INTASC 3: Diversity; INTASC 4: Teaching Methods)
2. Describe the ways that futurism anticipates contemporary trends in education. (INTASC 4: Teaching Methods)
3. Analyze contemporary educational reform initiatives and distinguish those reforms that are transforming from those that merely extend existing school structures. (INTASC 7: Planning)
4. Conceptualize a professional development profile for yourself as an educator. (INTASC 2: Development and Learning)
5. Develop a personal, preferable vision for 21^st century schools that is based on contemporary trends. (INTASC 9: Reflection)