Questions+-+Anticipation+Guide

Anticipation Guide Questions
Rate each of the statements using the following scale:

Option 1 ___ Option 2 __ _ _ __ Option 3 ____ Option 4

1. Schools should not be preparing students for jobs that //may// exist in the future. They should be preparing them for the jobs that exist now.

2. 21st century learning can be measured on a standardized test.

3. What gets tested gets taught.

4. America’s creativity is declining.

5. Every single student’s learning experience should emphasize global awareness as well as literacy in the following areas: financial, economic, business, and civic.

6. "A ttention" (mental focus, serious consideration, or concentration) is fundamental to all other literacies.

7. An essential job of teachers is to help students become comfortable with uncertainty.

8. Technology is the key to 21st century learning.

9. Building capacity—the development of shared leadership and responsibility as well as accountability among members (rather than accountability remaining solely hierarchical)—should be a focus of student development. Teacher capacity, however, is assumed.

10. A high school diploma is no longer a reliable ticket to maintaining a middle class lifestyle.

11. The practice of every professional across all fields should be subject to scrutiny, critique and improvement not only by managers but also by the professionals themselves.

12. The connections that people make through computers, mobile devices, and the Internet are more important than the technology itself.

13..Managing information will become less of a challenge in the 21st century.

14. Learning communities become ineffective when the members lose their abilities to relate to others on a personal level.

15. If the students are paying attention, there is no need to adjust the spatial setting of their learning environment.