Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Last gasps of the old education
Personalized learning, Flipped classroom, video watching: Last gasps of the Old education
The battle is the classic one:
Should education focus on process (e.g., helping children to learn how to learn)
or
should education focus on content (e.g., there is a corpus of stuff that needs to be known).
The promoters of "education as acquiring stuff" have triumphed ... so far.
No surprise: modern technologies are used in service of "education as acquiring stuff."
Flipped classrooms have learners watch or study presentations or video, lectures at home instead of listening to the lectures at school then use class time to assess the learning.
LO repositories
a repository of videos on core content that can be accessed by students 24/7
But, the "education as acquiring stuff" model is broken.
The hordes of job hunters here in the United States are the proof that education is not preparing students — our children — for the economic realities of the global marketplace:
Social learning, inquiry learning, just-in-time learning, and yes, learning-by-doing, will become the dominant pedagogies.
The focus must be on process, must be on skills such as the 4Cs (Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity).
Why? Because the kids today need to be prepared to move from job to job — to jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
Singapore’s Ministry of Education and its enlightened educators are trying to use modern, mobile technologies to support inquiry learning. We are excited and honored that our mobile-based suite of educational apps are playing a role in school transformations there.
Personalized instruction, flipped classrooms, video watching, etc., etc. are the last gasps of the old, "education as acquiring stuff" model; they are attempts at putting a patina of new on an old, outmoded, broken and ultimately ineffective educational model.
We can’t end on a downer note; we truly believe that an Inflection Point — a dramatic change — in education is just around the corner!
taken from The Journal transforming education through technology
Should education focus on process (e.g., helping children to learn how to learn)
or
should education focus on content (e.g., there is a corpus of stuff that needs to be known).
The promoters of "education as acquiring stuff" have triumphed ... so far.
No surprise: modern technologies are used in service of "education as acquiring stuff."
- Online/blended learning
Flipped classrooms have learners watch or study presentations or video, lectures at home instead of listening to the lectures at school then use class time to assess the learning.
- Personalized learning - Adaptive Instruction
LO repositories
a repository of videos on core content that can be accessed by students 24/7
But, the "education as acquiring stuff" model is broken.
The hordes of job hunters here in the United States are the proof that education is not preparing students — our children — for the economic realities of the global marketplace:
"The youth unemployment rate was 16.1 percent in
April 2013 for those between the ages of 16 and 24, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. For the 16 to 19 age group, the seasonally-adjusted
unemployment rate was 24.1 percent; for those ages 20 to 24, it was 13.1
percent." From Governing.
Social learning, inquiry learning, just-in-time learning, and yes, learning-by-doing, will become the dominant pedagogies.
The focus must be on process, must be on skills such as the 4Cs (Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity).
Why? Because the kids today need to be prepared to move from job to job — to jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
Singapore’s Ministry of Education and its enlightened educators are trying to use modern, mobile technologies to support inquiry learning. We are excited and honored that our mobile-based suite of educational apps are playing a role in school transformations there.
Personalized instruction, flipped classrooms, video watching, etc., etc. are the last gasps of the old, "education as acquiring stuff" model; they are attempts at putting a patina of new on an old, outmoded, broken and ultimately ineffective educational model.
We can’t end on a downer note; we truly believe that an Inflection Point — a dramatic change — in education is just around the corner!
taken from The Journal transforming education through technology
7 Skills Students need for the future
Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard's Change Leadership Group has
identified what he calls a "global achievement gap," which is the leap between
what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the
future:
* Critical thinking and problem-solving
* Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
* Agility and adaptability
* Initiative and entrepreneurialism
* Effective oral and written communication
* Accessing and analyzing information
* Curiosity and imagination
http://youtu.be/NS2PqTTxFFc
He defines the "Global learning gap"
Are we just teaching student's how to take test and promote memorization for test
The millennium generation are differently motivated!
- They are tethered to the internet - Where having a bad day is having a slow internet connection.
THEY ARE USING THE INTERNET TO
- to socialize and extend friendships and learn from each other
- self directed exploratory learning
- tool for self expression- upload video, blogs, photos etc
Outside of school they are constantly connected-collaborative-creative- multi tasked and motivated. Inside school their content is delivered through lectures and handouts. The traditional strategy of "sit and get" only engages 5% of their brains.
They have a different attitude toward authority - less fear and respect for adult authority-learn more form friends- they crave coaching and mentoring from adults who do not talk down to them or talk at them -but engage them with a more mutual bases.
They need to make a difference- and intolerant of busy work.
How do we change?
1. Hold ourselves accountable for what matters most
-- College and work readiness assessment assesses - 4 skills - reading, writing, analytical reasoning, and critical thinking
--Conduct video taped focus groups- ask students and graduates "In what ways were you most and least prepared? "share with faculty- incorporate the change
2. Do the new work (The paradigm Shift)
-- informational content is important but not enough
-- teach skills that matter most
-- use content to teach core competencies
-- identify how you are going to assess it
3. Do the work in new ways
-- Isolation is the enemy of improvement -- collaborate with other teachers other university to problem solve
* Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
* Agility and adaptability
* Initiative and entrepreneurialism
* Effective oral and written communication
* Accessing and analyzing information
* Curiosity and imagination
http://youtu.be/NS2PqTTxFFc
He defines the "Global learning gap"
Are we just teaching student's how to take test and promote memorization for test
The millennium generation are differently motivated!
- They are tethered to the internet - Where having a bad day is having a slow internet connection.
THEY ARE USING THE INTERNET TO
- to socialize and extend friendships and learn from each other
- self directed exploratory learning
- tool for self expression- upload video, blogs, photos etc
Outside of school they are constantly connected-collaborative-creative- multi tasked and motivated. Inside school their content is delivered through lectures and handouts. The traditional strategy of "sit and get" only engages 5% of their brains.
They have a different attitude toward authority - less fear and respect for adult authority-learn more form friends- they crave coaching and mentoring from adults who do not talk down to them or talk at them -but engage them with a more mutual bases.
They need to make a difference- and intolerant of busy work.
How do we change?
1. Hold ourselves accountable for what matters most
-- College and work readiness assessment assesses - 4 skills - reading, writing, analytical reasoning, and critical thinking
--Conduct video taped focus groups- ask students and graduates "In what ways were you most and least prepared? "share with faculty- incorporate the change
2. Do the new work (The paradigm Shift)
-- informational content is important but not enough
-- teach skills that matter most
-- use content to teach core competencies
-- identify how you are going to assess it
3. Do the work in new ways
-- Isolation is the enemy of improvement -- collaborate with other teachers other university to problem solve
21st Century Teaching
http://youtu.be/075aWDdZUlM
Are you engaging the student by having them
Validate Information
Synthesize information
leverage information
communicate information
collaborate with information
problem solving with information
Are their assignments and activities Relevant- Challenging- Meaningful- Powerful to the learning experience?
Learning is not a spectator sport.
"Students do not learn much by sitting in the class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments and lectures, spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to the past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learned part of themselves" (Chickering and Gamson)
There are many different ways faculty can make use of class time.
Describe the teaching strategies you have used in the class you teach most often.
Are you engaging the student by having them
Validate Information
Synthesize information
leverage information
communicate information
collaborate with information
problem solving with information
Are their assignments and activities Relevant- Challenging- Meaningful- Powerful to the learning experience?
Learning is not a spectator sport.
"Students do not learn much by sitting in the class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments and lectures, spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to the past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learned part of themselves" (Chickering and Gamson)
There are many different ways faculty can make use of class time.
Describe the teaching strategies you have used in the class you teach most often.
Meet the class of 2015
For an instructor teaching an online course it is important for them to be able to communicate with their students. In doing this you need to know your audience- the millennium student. -
Here is what Mr. Youth says about them
Meet the Class of 2015
http://youtu.be/x7yGkH9Q-hw
Their views of themselves and the world
1. They have the world at their finger tips (or thumbs)
2. They take the path of least resistance.
3. They are pros at using technology and expect information, answers and solutions to be delivered in real time.
Their priorities- school, family and friends
Core values- hard work, trust, privacy, modesty loyalty
Influencing events that shaped beliefs- market crash, 9/11, japan tsunami, apple innovation, facebook
Goals for 2015 - redefine myself, have new experience, Branch out socially
Vision- Positive influence on the world
They are "smart" leaners
1.Recognizes that she/he learns continuously wherever.
2.Wants quick access to solutions to problems/issues
3.Is happy to share what they know
4.Relies on a trusted network of friends and colleagues
5.Learns best with and from others
6.Keeps up to date with what is happening in his profession
7.Constantly strives to improve productivity
8.Thrives on autonomy
Did you know?
http://www.sjbrooks-young.com/id221.html
They are connected, "smart", motivated and inventive?
So how would you communicate with and educate this type of student?
Does it change the way we
-learn
- teach
- interact
- do business and
- present ourselves professionally and personally?
You Bet!
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