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Polarities or Contraries Transformation Requires Better Ways of Dealing with Opposites
Dave Goldberg Big Beacon [email protected]
© David E. Goldberg 2016
© David E. Goldberg 2011
Elsewhere…
4 Ine!ective Ways to Transform
• Wrong Way #1: Start with Content, Curriculum & Pedagogy
• Wrong Way #2: Seek “Buy-In” from a committee of both supporters & skeptics
• Wrong Way #3: Make big plans, raise lots of money, then make change.
• Wrong Way #4: Focus on disciplinary content revision.
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Note: “Wrong” way juxtaposed with “E!ective” way in current situation.
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Content, curriculum, pedagogy à culture & emotion
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These opposites are called polarities or sometimes contraries
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Elsewhere…
© 2013 David E. Goldberg
POLARITIES OR CONTRARIES IN TRANSFORMATION
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Many Opposites (Polarities) in Change
• Teamwork vs individual work • Autonomy vs. control • Professor-center teaching vs. student-centered
learning • Hard work vs. fun • Weak polarity not a solution: View opposite
pole as solution to “problems” of current pole.
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Olin and Polarity Management
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Change = learning to manage or leverage polarities di!erently.
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Application in Education
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In pairs: Reflect on some of the polarities in trying to change in higher (K12, engineering, etc.) education. Make a list (the longer the better).
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Debrief
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In pairs: Fill in the polarity map of the following polarity:
• Professor-centered teaching & Student-centered learning
In pairs: Map out polarity between student-centered learning & teacher-centered teaching.
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Some ideas for outside study
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Listen to podcast
with Barry Johnson
(here)
Read/discuss one/both books
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In pairs: Map out other key polarities in education transsformation.
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Reflect on Key Takeaway
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Learning-Action Teams
IntroducDon: An Improbable Journey Chapter 1: Engineering Happiness – The Olin Experience Chapter 2: The Incubator – Helping a Big Old Dog Learn New Tricks Chapter 3: The Spirit of
InvenDon – Recapturing the InspiraDon of Engineering EducaDon Chapter 4: The Whole New Engineer – Engaging the 6 Minds Chapter 5: The EmoDonal Breakthrough – 5 Pillars of
TransformaDon Chapter 6: The Whole New Learner – From Carrots and SDcks to Intrinsic MoDvaDon Chapter 7: The Whole New Professor – From Expert to Coach Chapter 8: The Whole New Culture – From Classrooms and Curriculum to Culture Chapter 9: Changing the Way We Change – From Bureaucracy to Change Management Epilogue: An InvitaDon to CollaboraDve DisrupDon -‐ See more at: h\p://threejoy.com/whole-‐new-‐engineer/#sthash.6YTCMQhz.dpuf
Get Involved
• Read the book www.wholenewengineer.org
• Hold a book club. • Read the manifesto
www.bigbeacon.org) • Do something with
EIWG, SWNE, or IAB, write [email protected].
© 2016 David E. Goldberg
Polarities or Contraries Transformation Requires Better Ways of Dealing with Opposites
Dave Goldberg Big Beacon [email protected]
© David E. Goldberg 2016