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‘We need
solutions that
are both
different and
better.’
If we redesign schools to get better results on
20th-century outcomes, our students will be poorly
served.
most
inventions
commonplace
today are
results of
thousands of
iterations
based both on
success and
failure.
Take 5!
Let us Relax
& Sing!
Blink . . ten years pass by. It’s now 2019 end!.
A brand new generation of
institutional leaders is taking the
reins. The world has continued to
shrink and is much smaller.
Technology continued an
unabated, unchecked progression;
what is now futuristic has become
commonplace.
Complexity is the daily norm, and CHANGE the only constant.
Opportunities, problems and grand challenges abound.
Education
- process of facilitating learning, transferring
knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits to
others, through….. storytelling, discussion,
teaching, training, or research.
The reason for education
is simple and straight
forward that is:
- to prepare students,
predominantly young
adults, for future
success.
Effective school leaders need to consciously
support innovation and keep a focus on changing
education landscape as it moves into the future.
The focus is not on improving
existing educational systems but on
changing them altogether.
Its focus is not on doing things
better, but on doing better things;
not on doing things right, but on
doing the right things to prepare
students for a fast changing
interdependent world.
Before
Now!
Is it better for students to be involved in innovative
practices and participate in highly effective
programs?
or, Should we play it safe and have them
attend schools that look like the schools we
attended 30 years ago and our parents 60 years
ago and grandparents, 90 years ago?
Currently, most schools are not much
different than the one our grandparents
attended in the 1920s!.
Recent Trends in K-12 Education
Some say that this change has been a
long time coming.
There is an analogy that uses fairy
tale character Rip van Winkle to
describe this;
Take 5!
Near to the town, in a small cottage, lived Rip
Van Winkle, known to all as a harmless,
drinking, shiftless lout, who never would work..,
building their;
people,
processes and
philosophies
around five fundamental
“discovery skills”- Five
Core Skills of Innovators
Five Core Skills of Innovators
Five Core Skills of Innovators
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
Heidi Hayes Jacobs:
”If you’re not updating your curriculum,
you are saying that nothing is changing.”
“Nearly two-thirds (63 percent)
of school administrators who
responded to a recent survey
said 1:1 computing classrooms
where teachers act as a coach
for students are the future of
education.” (T.H.E Journal)
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
“Innovative teaching supports students’ development
of the skills that will help them thrive in future life and
work.” (IT Research)
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
21st Century Careers
All about CHANGE, in our
-thinking, -strategies &
-behaviors to those that
work in the new ever-
changing & challenging
environment to meet the
challenges of the times.
CHANGE
The only Constant that stays in
today’s era. To stay competitive,
IMPROVEMENT -manage the present and plan the
WITHOUT
ENDING
future.
Without Change for the better
(Kaizen), there will be no
Continuous Improvement to be
Competitive in the current Global
competition.
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
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21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
21st Century Skills
The ability to adapt and change to use these
new tools has become even more important.
Educators often
hear the phrase
“21st Century
Teaching and
Learning. It
means (the new
“ 5C’s” of
Education)
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
21st Century Skills
As technology becomes more integral in our lives and in
order to adapt, we need to teach students to use technology;
efficiently & effectively, ethically, appropriately and
respectfully to solve problems, and think creatively.
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
21st Century Skills -Ways of Thinking
Communication
Collaboration (teamwork)
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
21st Century Skills -Tools for Working
Information literacy
Information and Communication
Technology (ITC) Literacy
21st Century Shift in Education & Skills
21st Century Skills - Living in the World
We don’t
recognize the
situation and
can’t
automatically
know what to
do.
Leading Innovation in K12 Education
What worked before doesn’t work today.
To make effective sense of
unfamiliar situations and
complex challenges, we
must have a grasp of the
whole situation, its
variables, unknowns and
mysterious forces.
This requires skills beyond everyday analysis.
It requires Innovation in Education.
Leading Innovation in K12 Education
‘If a Child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe
we should ‘teach the way they learn’.
Furthermore, teachers
will be able to see clearly
which students need
help in which areas.
2. Personalized learning.
Students who experience difficulties with a subject
will get the opportunity to practice more until they
reach the required level.
Students will be
positively reinforced
during their individual
learning processes.
Equality vs Equity in the Digital gap.
multiple solutions,
enlisting community
resources, and
choosing engaging
meaningful themes
for projects.
Take 5!
Want to
dance?
5. Field experience.
Because technology can facilitate more efficiency
in certain domains, curricula will make room for
skills that solely require human knowledge and
face-to-face interaction. Thus,
experience in
‘the field’ will be
emphasized
within courses.
5. Field experience.
Schools will provide more opportunities for students
to obtain real-world skills that are representative to
their jobs.
This means curricula will
create more room for
students to fulfill
internships, mentoring
projects and
collaboration projects
(e.g.).
6. Data interpretation.
Computers will soon take care of every statistical
analysis, and describe and analyze data and
predict future trends.
Therefore, the human
interpretation of these
data will become a
much more important
part of the future
curricula.
6. Data interpretation.
Though mathematics is considered one of three
literacy, it is without a
doubt that the
manual part of
this literacy will
become
irrelevant in the
near future.
6. Data interpretation.
Data interpretation will become a fundamental new
aspect of this literacy.
Applying the theoretical
knowledge to numbers,
and using human
reasoning to infer logic
and trends from these
data will be the norm.
7. Exams will change completely.
As courseware platforms will assess students
capabilities at each step, measuring their
competencies through Q&A might become irrelevant,
or might not suffice.
Many argue that
exams are now
designed in such a
way, that students
cram their materials,
and forget the next
day.
7. Exams will change completely.
Educators worry that exams might not validly
measure what students should be capable of when
they enter their first job.
As the factual
knowledge of a student
can be measured during
their learning process,
the application of their
knowledge is best tested
when they work on
projects in the field.
8. Student ownership.
Students will become more and more involved in
forming their curricula.
Maintaining a curriculum
that is contemporary, up-
to-date and useful is only
realistic when
professionals as well as
‘youngsters’ are involved.
8. Student ownership.
Critical input
from students
on the content
and durability of
their courses is
a must for an
all-embracing
study program.
9. Mentoring will become more important.
In 20 years, students will incorporate so much
independence into their learning process,
that mentoring
will become
fundamental to
student success.
9. Mentoring will become more important.
Teachers will form a central point in the jungle of
information that our students will be paving their
way through performance.
Though the future of
education seems
remote, the teacher
and educational
institution are vital to
academic
performance.
An Innovative Teacher’s primary function is to help
students solve problems with Creativity, Innovation
and Creative Thinking.
Take 5! ‘Ketuk Ketampi’
Remember the ‘good’ old school punishment- holding
the earlobes with arms crossed over your chest, bend
the knees to sit and then stand repeated times?
An Innovative author of
the Project Based
Learning Design and
Coaching Guide:
Expert tools for
innovation and inquiry
for k-12 teachers.
Ten Ways to Teach Innovation by Thom Markham
1.Teach concepts, not facts.
2. Move from projects to Project Based
Learning.
3. Distinguish concepts from critical
information.
4. Make skills as important as knowledge.
5. Form teams, not groups.
6.Use thinking tools.
7. Use creativity tools.
8. Reward discovery.
9. Make reflection part of the lesson.
10. Be innovative yourself.
1.Teach concepts, not facts.
Concept-based instruction overcomes the fact-
based, rote-oriented nature of standardized
curriculum.
If your curriculum is not
organized
conceptually, use your
own knowledge and
resources to teach
ideas and deep
understanding, not
test items.
2. Move from projects to Project Based Learning.
Most teachers have done projects, but the majority
do not use the defined set of methods associated
with high-quality PBL.
These methods
include developing a
focused question,
using solid, well
crafted performance
assessments.
Project based Learning
As students get acquainted with project based
learning in high school;
Organizational,
collaborative, and
time management
skills can be taught
as basics that every
student can use in
their further
academic careers.
Five Project based Learning Steps
PBL: Leading Innovation in Schools
Projects can show students how diverse disciplines as
English, Science and Math are interrelated - can be
developed to accommodate almost any curriculum.
For example,
A science teacher builds an
Electrolyzer with the students to
demonstrate Electrolysis of water to
its gases form. They learned all the
skills of the built they were engaged
in the process.
They enjoyed the build of the project and gained confidence in
their abilities.
PBL: Leading Innovation in Schools
Once they understood the concept of Electrolysis,
the Teacher challenged the students to apply the
concepts to Innovate.
Together, they team up to
build an Electrolyzer and
discussed ideas and
possibility of using the
concept in an Innovation.
Assess teamwork
and work ethic;
facilitate high
quality interaction
through protocols
and critique
Important Factors to Consider in Team Formation
Consist of 1 high-performing student,
2 average students, and 1 low-performing
student.
Include both boys and girls.
Reflect the ethnic diversity of your classroom.
Stay together for about six weeks in upper
elementary classrooms.
Older students may be fine in the same team
for an entire grading period.
Provide opportunities for them to get to know
each other.
5. Form teams, not groups.
Teach the cycle of revision; and expect students to
reflect critically on both ongoing work and final
products.
Encourage Peer collaboration. Use PBL Tools
Rubrics.
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6.Use thinking tools.
Hundreds of interesting, thought provoking tools exist
for thinking through problems,
sharing insights,
finding solutions,
and
encouraging
divergent solutions.
6.Use thinking tools.
You can use; Big Think tools or the Visible
Thinking Routines developed at Harvard’s Project
Zero.
BigThink is one tech tool used in design thinking and
creating that'll help students tackle the ever-evolving
challenges of school and life in;
Identifying
problems,
solving them
creatively, and
iterating on those
solutions are the
core activities.
Visible Thinking Routines
Visible Thinking makes extensive use of learning
routines that are thinking rich.
Visible Thinking Routines
These routines are simple structures, for example a
set of questions or a short sequence of steps, used
across various grade levels and content.
Exercises on Visible Thinking Routines
6.Use thinking tools.
Think-Pair-Share used in other subjects besides
reading for content comprehension.
helps students
find the passion
and resources
necessary to design
a better life for
themselves and
others.
Timothy Wooi
Principal Consultant for Lean Management.
Certified ‘Train the Trainer’ & Kaizen
Specialist with 30 over years working
experience.
Provides Technical Consulting Services on
Lean, Kaizen & 21st Century Manufacturing.