future focused learning

Ellesmere community presentation, 27 November

Future Focused

Learning

HOPES FOR OUR KIDS

What dreams, hopes and aspirations do we have for our kids?

OUR CHANGING WORLD

•  Our world is changing and changing rapidly.   •  What must we do to prepare students for living and

working in the 21st century? •  How must our schools and teachers change to meet

these opportunities and challenges?

EDUCATION IS THE POWERHOUSE

•  Education is the powerhouse of modern societies •  We need highly-skilled people •  With increasingly sophisticated skills and digital

competencies

THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE

•  Proud history of education in NZ •  Quality teaching and innovation •  Digital technologies pose challenges and opportunities

NEED FOR DIGITAL LITERACY

We must equip our students with the knowledge, capabilities and values essential to participate fully and safely in an increasingly digital world.

NEW SKILLSETS REQUIRED

New skillsets for the knowledge economy… •  Complex problem solving •  Innovation and creativity •  Communication and collaboration •  Designers and creators – not passive consumers

COMPETING PHILOSOPHIES Philosophy A Philosophy B

Education Broken, but can be fixed (quickly)

Long term investment in the future

Technology Drives change Enables, supports and accelerates change

Teachers Another problem to be fixed Supported professionals

Learners The future workforce Future citizens

Innovation Flourishes in all directions Must be scalable and sustainable

Success Input targets and attainment

Wider long-term benefits, personal and society

Curriculum Don’t trust teachers - ‘package’ it up

Guidance and support for teachers

http://blog.core-ed.org/derek/2014/10/the-purpose-of-education-2.html

•  Robot counsellor •  Rewilder •  Garbage designer •  Neighbourhood watch specialist •  Simplicity expert •  Healthcare navigator •  Nostalgist •  Telesurgeon •  Solar technology specialist •  Aquaponic fish farmer

http://io9.com/these-are-the-surprising-jobs-youll-be-doing-by-the-203-1577363367

WHAT IS FUTURE-FOCUSED EDUCATION?

How must schooling change to meet meet the opportunities and challenges of the

21st century?

What is our vision of future schooling?

How is this different?

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/07/28/five-things-students-say-they-want-from-education/

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS

Washor, E and Mohkowski, C (2013) Leaving to learn

Do my teachers really know about me and my interests and talents?

Do I find what the school is teaching relevant to my interests?

Do I have opportunities to apply what I am learning in real world settings and contexts?

Do I feel appropriately challenged in my learning?

Can I pursue my learning out of the standard sequence?

Do I have sufficient time to learn at my own pace?

Do I have real choice about what, where and how I learn?

Do I have opportunities to explore and make mistakes?

Do I have opportunities to engage deeply in my learning and to practice the skills I need to lean?

FIVE ESSENTIAL SUPPORTS FOR SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS

•  a coherent instructional-guidance system

•  professional capacity •  strong parent-community-

school ties •  a student-centered learning

climate •  the leadership to drive

change

https://ccsr.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/EssentialSupports.pdf

WHAT WILL LEARNING LOOK LIKE?

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WHAT WILL LEARNING LOOK LIKE?

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Learning Hubs – 130 Students & 5 Teachers

Small Group Individual Learning

Multiple Group Learning

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY…

Pre-1980 1984 2000 2012

Typewriter Colour TV Ball point pen Gestetner Fax Landline NZ Post

Desktop computer Photocopier VHS recorder Library EFTPOS

Internet Laptop Mobile phone Digital camera YouTube

Touch Wear Talk Think

WHERE NEXT?

CHALLENGE

Have we grasped how significantly student access to technology is changing their expectations as learners?

MythBusters #1

Technology is a distraction – students depend too much on technology and will miss out on important learning!

Beware the seduction of technology

Modern technologies provide students with

the potential for experiences of unprecedented breadth, depth and relevance.

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We now have the conditions for

modern learners to tackle projects of

a complexity previously

unimaginable.

..as a result we must

rethink what we expect of our students.

We must stop

underestimating what they are now capable of;

and above all…set much

higher expectations

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MythBusters #2

Modern learning is just a fad - there’s no research supporting any of this stuff!

EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING… Effective teaching and learning occurs when…

Student autonomy and initiative accepted and encouraged.

Students engage in dialogue with

teacher and each other

Higher level thinking is encouraged

Class uses raw data, primary

sources, physical and interactive

materials.

Knowledge and ideas emerge only from a situation in which learners have to draw

them out of experiences that have meaning and importance to them.

Teacher asks open-ended questions and allows wait

time for response

Students are engaged in

experiences that challenge

hypotheses

John Dewey – Constructivist Pedagogy, 1916

Image credit: JISC 'Designing Spaces for Effective Learning'

Outdoor learning Increases social cooperation, creativity, engagement and achievement

Prototyping & experimentation Active learning, learning by doing, develops spatial and mathematical awareness

Collaboration space Increases learning faster than competitive or individualistic learning.

'One-to-many' space Direct instruction, reciprocal teaching, not lectures

Multimedia studio Digital creation increases cognitive growth, multimedia increases retention

Peer tutoring space Increases learning for both parties

Independent practice space Short to long-term memory

Reflection space Improves creativity, analysis and prediction skills; raises achievement

Choices in learning Choice & agency increases engagement, learning, creativity & graduation rates.

Informal learning space Play can increase attention span, making mistakes increases creativty

LEARNING SETTINGS:

ASB BUILDING

If this is the kind of work environment our young people will be functioning in when they leave school, how well effectively we preparing them for this in the environments we have in our schools?

MythBusters #3

This only suits some types of learners!

21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES

•  kjh

Does this sort of environment suit all learners?

•  Self managed learning

•  Un-tethered to traditional ‘school’

•  Expert at personal data aggregation

•  Power of connections

•  Creating new communities

•  Not tethered to physical networks

•  Experiential learning

•  Content developers

•  Process as important as knowledge gained

21ST CENTURY LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS

http://teachthinktech.learningconnective.org/post/1656186536/free-agent-learners

WHAT WILL LEARNING LOOK LIKE?

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How many different types of spaces and different types of learning are catered for in this classroom?

MythBusters #4

How do we know our kids will still pass their tests and exams?

THE ASSESSMENT DILEMMA

THE ASSESSMENT DILEMMA

Curriculum content

Student engagement

Deep learning

Many measures

Few measures

We value what we assess

But do we assess what we value?

Derek Wenmoth Email: derek@core-ed.org

Blog: http://blog.core-ed.org/derek Skype: <dwenmoth>