the future, already here, of english teaching and education
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The Future (already here) of English Teaching and Education
Photo: Mercedes Cosco
Urban Jungle
The new OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building in Portland, Oregon.
Photo: Pat Rose.
Underground ArtMetro in Stockholm. Photo: Markus Pavlowsky.
Tetris CityHong Kong. Photo:Dennis Wat
Industrial Revolution
factory workers
compulsory schooling
We have XIX century schools, with XX century teachers for XXI century kids.
Interregnum – the throne is vacant
Change of Era
Change of Paradigm
COOPERATIVE LEARNING
roles
timing
positive
interdependence
cooperative room and
teacherevaluation
GROUPS OF THREE – numbers
Roles:
a. Checker
b. Recorder
c. Time keeper – 10 min
1. What are the most important characteristics of this new era?
2. What kind of the education is needed?
3. What’s the role of English?
Choose a spokeperson
Cloud ForestGarden by the Bay in SingaporePhoto: Andrew Tsang
KNOWMADS
creative, imaginative, and innovative person who can work with almost anybody, anytime, and anywhere (Moravec, 2008a).
we are creating the future as we go along, and without a master plan to follow
co-learners and co-teachers, co-responsible for helping each other find our own elements along our pathways of personal,
knowmadic development
Universal curriculum design – a curriculum with flexible goals, methodologies and assessment
Collaborative work – projects, research, cooperation,
questions
Know your students – learner centered learning
Education should help turn learners into expert learners—individuals who want to learn, who know how to learn strategically, and who, in their own highly
individual and flexible ways, are well prepared for a lifetime of learning.
English was ‘in the right place at the right time’
English has become the new lingua franca.
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
GROUPS OF THREE – numbers
Roles:
a. Checker
b. Recorder
c. Time keeper – 10 min
GROUPS OF six – colors
Roles:
A. Team leader
B. Recorder
C. Time keeper – 15 min
D. Artist
E. Spokeperson
F. Checker
1. Take notes and exchange experiences
2. Share with new group
3. Dream and come up with a
plan of action
SYSTEMIC CHANGE
BUILD NETWORKS AND ALLIANCES
“We do not learn from
experience... we learn from
reflecting on experience.”
John Dewey
References
@MercedesViola www.mercedesviola.wordpress.com
Calidad y excelencia en el marco de la educación personalizada – Pablo Cayota 2016
El aula inclusiva, el espacio educativo para todos – M. Eugenia Yadarola 2007
La Escuela del siglo XXI, una experiencia a compartir - Generar la necesidad de cambio – Montserrat del Pozo 2016
Liquid Modernity - BaumanPara poder trabajar por proyectos de investigación en el aula, primero debemos conocernos. Maria Jose Parages y Miguel Lopez Melero, 2012
Knowmad Society – edited by John Moraveckwww.globalgoals.org
PhotosMercedes Cosco, Mercedes Viola, NatGeo