Skills students need for business Critical thinking/Problem solving Leadership and vision Agility/Adaptability Initiative/Entreprenuerial Effective Communication Skills Access and Analysis of Information Curiosity/Imagination Tom Wagner (Harvard University) http://www.flickr.com/photos/specialkrb/2772991999
The goal of educationIf you think education is expensive try ignorance. Derek Bokhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk
Whats the best thing about school? my friends
Whats the worst thing about school? being treated like youre an idiot
Doctors save lives.Teachers make lives.
The Goal of EducationThe goal of education is to enrich the lives of students while producing articulate, expressive thinkers and lifelong learners that are socially responsible, resilient, and active citizens of the world. Education is about teaching students, not subjects. Dave Truss http://ucsbvrc.files.wordpress.com
Education allows children to develop the skills and Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 confidence they need to strengthen their societies, break the cycle of poverty and build peace in their communities. - Save the Children
We all need tocare more abouthow the children ofthe world arebeing educated.(Steve WheelerLearning with es:February 2010)
Does education need transformation? "In large states public education Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad." http://www.swissinfo.ch/media - Nietzsche Source: Chambers English Dictionary
Factory education model? Synchronisation Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010Compartmentalisation Batch processing Standardisation http://farm4.static.flickr.com
Personalised Learning? Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://www.delasallewaterford.com
Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/Education is changing for young people as they experience self-directedlearning, (mostly outside school) about things that interest them. Source: http://community.learningobjects.com
Young peoples out- of-school experiences with technology can Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 mean that students find the presentation of school curriculum less challenging, lesshttp://encefalus.com/ relevant and less engaging. Source: http://community.learningobjects.com
For the first time we are preparing Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 students for a future we cannot clearly describe. David Warlickhttp://www.leics.gov.uk
The pace of change isacceleratingHow will we keep up with it?
Transformation to change people or things Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010 completely, espe cially improving their http://katmaund.blogspot.com/ appearance or usefulness to convert one form of energy Source: Banksy to another
Fair measures? Assessment of, or for, learning?http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenhester/3901158717/
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"In the times of rapidchange, learnersinherit theEarth, while thelearned findthemselvesbeautifully equippedto deal with a worldthat no longer exists." washingtonrebel.typepad.com- Eric Hoffer
We dont needto reform thesystem. Weneed to replacethe system.~ Alvin Toffler www.strategy-business.com
Learning Styles? Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2010There are as many learning styles as there are people. Wheeler (2009) http://fluorescentflicker.files.wordpress.com
VAK model Visual Seeing and reading Auditory Hearing and speakingKinaesthetic Touching and doing
...or Confucius repurposed? I hear, I know Auditory Visual KinaestheticI see, I remember I do, I understand
Situated Learning I hear, I know Cognition Deeper Auditory Learning Visual KinaestheticI see, I remember I do, I understand Memory Meta Cognition
I cannot teach anyone. All I can do is make them think.Education drawingout the potential of each individual (Educere)
Doctors save lives.Teachers make lives.
We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges. www.topnews.in - Sir Tim Berners-LeeHere are some strategies to consider
Be creativeYou can beimaginative all daylong and never doanything. To becreative you have todo something.Creativity is appliedimagination. Sir Ken Robinson http://www.wizdomeducation.com
