exploring the edges
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Dr Cheryl Doig
Exploring the EdgesA provocation for the future of education
School as a #learningecosystemFit for purposeAdaptiveAgileComplexContextual
The minute you stick your toe in the water the system has changed.
Agents who weave learning as:– facilitators– activists– curators
– knowledge experts– bridge builders
– boundary spanners– role models– innovators– inquirers
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TEACHING
Leaders need to be warm and demanding. Professional, active, complex, present.
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The 7 Principles of Learning
1. Learners at the center2. Social nature of learning3. Emotions are integral to learning4. Recognising individual differences5. Stretching all students6. Assessment for learning7. Building horizontal connections
-Source: Dumont et al, 2010
On average, by 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today, according to our respondents. Overall, social skills— such as persuasion, emotional intelligence and teaching others—will be in higher demand across industries than narrow technical skills, such as programming or equipment operation and control. In essence, technical skills will need to be supplemented with strong social and collaboration skills.
World Economic Forum - The Future of Jobs
Preparation for the world of work?
• 75% of employees will be millennials
• Over 2 billion jobs will have disappeared, freeing up talent for many fledgling industries.
• The world’s largest Internet company will be in the education business, and it will be a company we have not heard of yet.
• 50% of all traditional colleges will collapse, paving the way for an entire new education industry to emerge.
• By 2030 over 80% of all doctor visits will have been replaced by automated exams.http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2012/02/2-billion-jobs-to-disappear-by-2030/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshsteimle/2015/05/05/reverse-mentoring-investing-in-tomorrows-business-strategy/#50533242666d
Unbundled Speed 2030
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International migrants would now constitute the world’s
fifth most populous country if they all lived in the same place
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The purpose of education - personalised for each learner
more – access to all…to
better – evidence to bear …to
different – personalised
From…
Internal to YOUConfidence that you can make a difference through your actions – to self, society or environmentIt is subjectiveInitiate, execute, control your actions
Agency
“In complex organizations where roles, responsibilities, and decision rights are ambiguous, a strong sense of agency is one of the most important attributes a leader can possess.”
From The Third Wave: The Future of Leadership
We want people:• to figure things out for themselves• to be self starters rather than being told what to do• have initiative• who don’t depend of on others for answers• hold themselves accountable• have a sense of responsibility for results
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New Zealand must become a city of
four million people
Sir Paul Callaghan
Our message to leaders today
for tomorrow’s learnersGive young people more choice,
more access to technology, more and varied opportunities,
especially for independent learning while keeping each school’s character
and motivating us to learn. Just don’t allow today’s reality to limit
tomorrow’s possibilities.
Summary of ideas from secondary school students ChCh 2013
Who gets to decide?For what world?Why?
The purpose of education…
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I have questions not answers…
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