future focused learning
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Community presentation made to the Ellesmere Cluster near Christchurch. Outlines the case for re-thinking our approach to education in the 21st century, and how this applies to the use of technology, planning for learning spaces, and changes in teacher practice.TRANSCRIPT
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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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
.
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?
