ABSTRACT
This chapter provides four major paradigm shifts and ten principles of student responsibility for learning in the classroom. The four major paradigm shifts are teaching from a felt need; teacher as ferry vs. teacher as bridge builder; don't grade the learning; and trigger awareness. The ten principles are higher-order, open-ended problem solving; high academic standards; learning from a felt need; global citizenship; technology infusion; individual learning path; student responsibility for learning; connected learning; collaboration; and high social capital. Collaborate intimates that some new knowledge is going to be developed based on the "two-heads-are-better-than-one" principle. Collaboration results in an end product that is enhanced by the input of more than one person; thus, collaborative activities are open-ended and focused on higher-order thinking. Higher-order thinking relies on, and thus builds, executive function skills. Armed with a motivating challenge, students will work to accomplish the lower-order skills in order to be able to handle the higher-order skills.
