2121stst Century Curriculum for 21 Century Curriculum for 21stst Century Century SchoolsSchools
The value of applied learningThe value of applied learning
Tom Bentley
Director, Applied Learning, ANZSOG
Our 21Our 21stst century environment century environment
Connections breed interdependence
Networks multiply the value and growth of knowledge
Diversity and inequality can grow in tandem
We are overshadowed by the challenge of global sustainability
A new learning lifecycleA new learning lifecycle
0-4 critical development
5-13 essential competences
14-19 pathways to adult roles
20-80 lifelong learners
A new curriculum eraA new curriculum era
Reduces content pressure Greater flexibility for teaching Values participation, progression,
independent qualities Has sections on enterprise, citizenship,
creativity Supports personalisation of learning
pathways Meets international operating standards
Personal, learning, thinkingPersonal, learning, thinking
Independent enquirers
Creative thinkers
Reflective learners
Team workers
Self-managers
Effective participators
VCAL and applied pathwaysVCAL and applied pathways
Literacy and numeracy skills
Industry specific skills
Work related skills (including placement)
Personal development skills
Howard Gardners’ 5 Minds for the Howard Gardners’ 5 Minds for the future future
Disciplined
Creative
Ethical
Synthesising
Respectful
New ways to generate New ways to generate knowledge and potentialknowledge and potential
Barefoot College.htm 125,000 learners integrating applied learning with development
How does any of this apply to How does any of this apply to what schools, teachers, students what schools, teachers, students
do?do? Interaction between curriculum,
assessment, pathways Failure to generate new organisational
forms within schooling Search to connect individual schools with
networks of learning opportunity, services, communities
Families as learning environments and participants in learning systems
A new systemic focus?A new systemic focus?
Local and community partnerships
Integrated infrastructure
Learning beyond
the classroom
Workforcedevelopment
Teaching and learning
in school
Betterlearning outcomes
Aligning elements of a whole Aligning elements of a whole systemsystem
Local and community partnerships
Integrated infrastructure
Learning beyond
the classroom
Workforcedevelopment
Teaching and learning
in school
Betterlearning outcomes
Role of local governance and system design
Community and employer contributions
New learning environments and networks
Curriculum, professional development,
regulation
Accreditation, evaluation, measurement
The next set of challenges?The next set of challenges?
Assessment for understanding Open organisational design Portable learning pathways Learning networks embedded in
wider infrastructure, institutions Curriculum as design for public
expectation and aspiration