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• Identify the essential characteristics of successful schools and the most rapidly improving schools
• Best Practices/Research to assist schools
• Organize our learning into useful tools
THINK of a number from 1 to 10
MULTIPLY that number by 9
If the number is a 2-digit number, ADD the digits together
Now SUBTRACT 5
DETERMINE which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with
(example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c,etc.)
THINK of a country that starts with that letter
REMEMBER the last letter of the name of that country
THINK of the name of an animal that starts with that letter
REMEMBER the last letter in the name of that animal
THINK of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter
Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark
eating an Orange?
• Not an expert
• I’m a learner and I change my opinion based on what I learn.
SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE
Opening Thoughts
21st Century
We are already there!!
The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
We’ve created false proxies for learning…
• Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean achievement
• Listening to lecture has come to mean understanding
• Getting a high score on a standardized test has come to mean proficiency
Learning should have its roots in..
• Meaning, not just memory
• Engagement, not simply transmission
• Inquiry, not only compliance
• Exploration, not just acquisition
• Personalization, not simply uniformity
• Collaboration, not only competition
• Trust, not fear
• Basic Knowledge/Skills
• English Language (spoken)
• Reading Comprehension • (in English)• Writing in English • (grammar, spelling, etc.)• Mathematics
• Science
• Government/Economics
• Humanities/Arts
• Foreign Languages
• History/Geography
“Are They Really Ready To Work?”
Applied Skills
•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
•Oral Communication
•Written Communication
•Teamwork/Collaboration
•Diversity
•Information Technology Application
•Leadership
•Creativity/Innovation
•Lifelong Learning/Self Direction
•Professionalism/Work Ethic
•Ethics/Social Responsibility
“This is the story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about public education… whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the Global Economy because they can’t think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad, or speak a language other than English.”
Time Magazine Dec. 18, 2006
What got us to where we are today in education,
will not get us to where we need to be!
Educators need to become the agents of change.
Objects of Change
VS.Agents of Change
Federal/State Gov’t.
SEA, Policy
Schools, Colleges, Staff, Students,
Community
Schools, Staff, Students, Community
Federal/State Gov’t.
SEA, Policy
CHANGE
What happened to GM..??
THE IMPLEMENTATION DIP….
THE POSSIBILITY CURVE..
Fullan--1990
Epidemic of Immediacy
• Clock of the Long Now….
We have a flawed perspective of always listening to our best
customers… They tell us how good the system is working for
them!
BANKING
• Sears
• IBM
• Digital…. “In Search of Excellence”
• Xerox
A Story….• Not a bad idea, but to
earn a grade more than a C+, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor)
• Fredrick Smith
• The idea FedEx
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.”
-Shurnyu Suzuki
Sustaining Innovation
And
Disruptive Innovation
System Innovation
Sustaining InnovationDisruptive Innovation
The Education Challenge
Motivation is a key ingredient for success in learning.
Teacher – Student Comparisons
T – I make learning exciting for my students.
88%
S – My teachers make learning fun.
42%
Generation Gap
The Internet has created the greatest generation gap since the advent of
rock and roll.
This Generation…Teenagers surveyed…
• Use MySpace and Face Book
• use texting instead of e-mail (parents) • nearly 60% would rather use e-mail than a
telephone
• are likely to have 6 applications running at once on their PC
This Generation…
• The “killer application” for today’s students isn’t You Tube, Face Book, My Space, Google, Moodle, Pod-casting or some Wiki-site
• For digital teens, the one and only “killer app” is… speed
• Consider this …
This Generation…
–The fastest growing segment of computer-users today in the U.S. is 5 to 7 year olds
Conceptual Age Learning
• Agricultural Age… Farmers
• Industrial Age… Factory Worker
• Informational Age… Knowledge Worker
• Conceptual Age… Creator / Empathizer / Innovator
Three reasons for this…
• Abundance
• Asia
• Automation
#1 Abundance
• Malls, Target, PetsMart, Best Buy,
• Homes, Cars
• Self Storage
• Trash …. USA spends more on trash bags than 90 countries spend on everything
Abundance has produced an ironic result…
Lessened the significance of things because you can get it anywhere.
(no longer enough to create a product that’s reasonably priced and functional)
Products must be more R – Directed
beautiful, unique, meaningful, “aesthetic imperative”
Abundance Elevates R – Directed Thinking
Electric lighting was rare a century ago…
Today it is commonplace and abundant.
Yet….
Candles ― who needs them anymore?
$2.4 billion business a year
#2 ASIA
• Knowledge workers new competition.. India, Philippines, China
• Programmers 70k – 80k are paid what a Taco Bell worker makes
• Chip designers 7k in USA …..1K in India• Aerospace Engineers USA 6K… $650 in
Russia• Accountant USA 5K… $300 in Philippines
20 million people
2005population
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age 50
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United States Population Shift
Source: Population Division, United Nations
USA
China’s Population Shift
Source: Population Division, United Nations
50 million people
2005population
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age 50
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China
Population Shift
Source: Population Division, United Nations
50 million people
2005population
China
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age 50
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2005population
USAUSAChina
Savings RateSavings Rate
1.1. India -- 25%India -- 25%
2. Japan -- 28%2. Japan -- 28%
3. Korea -- 30%3. Korea -- 30%
4. China -- 50%4. China -- 50%
5. United States -- (-4%)5. United States -- (-4%)
2007 – World Economic Leaders
1. United States
2. Japan
3. England
4. Germany
Source: Goldman Sacks
2040 – World Economic Leaders
1. China2. India3. United States4. Mexico5. Russia6. Brazil7. Germany8. England
Source: Goldman Sacks
#3 Automation
• Last century machines proved they could replace human backs
• This century new technologies are proving they can replace human “left brains”
• Any job that depends on routines is at risk.
• Automation is changing even doctors work.
• Outsource.com
Left hemisphere is sequential, logical and analytical. The Left powered the
Information Age. Still necessary, but no longer sufficient.
Right hemisphere is non linear, intuitive and holistic. The Right qualities of
inventiveness, empathy, joyfulness and meaning will power the Conceptual Age.
A new age valuing….
• High Concept: the capacity to detect patterns / opportunities to create, to be artistic / emotional beauty and to combine seemingly unrelated ideas into something new.
• High Touch: involves the ability to empathize with others, understand the subtleties of human interaction to find joy and elicit it in others
High Concept / High Touch• GM’s top leader… I see us being in the
art business.• MBA’s becoming the blue collar workers
for the conceptual age.• Graphic designers have increased ten
fold in the last decade.• Since 1970, 30% more people are
earning a living as writers.• More Americans today work in art,
entertainment and design than as lawyers, accountants and auditors.
The future belongs to a very different kind of mind..
• Creators and empathizers
• Pattern recognizers
• Meaning makers
• And more……….
21st Century SkillsLearning & Innovation Skills– Creativity & Innovation– Critical Thinking &
Problem-solving– Communication &
Collaboration
Information, Media & Technology Skills– Information Literacy– Media Literacy– ICT Literacy
Life & Career Skills– Flexibility & Adaptability
– Initiative & Self-direction
– Social & Cross-cultural Skills
– Productivity & Accountability
– Leadership & Responsibility
www.21stcenturyskills.org
Three Question Exercise
1. What will the world be like 20 years from now?
2. What skills will your child need to be successful in that world?
3. What would learning look like if it was designed around your answers?
International Center for International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.Leadership in Education, Inc.
Rigor/Relevance Rigor/Relevance FrameworkFramework
Rigor and Relevance is
NOT
a new add –on !!
Rigor and Relevance
is a
Philosophy of Teaching !!
Define Rigor and Relevance
3 Mis-Conceptions on Rigor
1. That rigor means ‘ more’
2. Raising a grade is not ‘rigor’
3. Being stricter and enforcing tighter policies
Rigor !
Rigor means increasing the level of thinking in a more
sophisticated and complex manner.
Knowledge TaxonomyKnowledge Taxonomy
1. Recall Knowledge1. Recall Knowledge2. Comprehension 2. Comprehension 3. Application 3. Application 4. Analysis 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation 6. Evaluation
AssimilationAssimilationof knowledgeof knowledge
Acquisition Acquisition of knowledgeof knowledge
Thinking Thinking ContinuumContinuum
Relevance
Relevance
To determine a lessons Relevance you must ask the following questions…
1. Is it application?
2. Is it real world?
3. Is it unpredictable?
Teacher – Student Comparisons
T – Students can apply what I am teaching to their everyday lives.
93%
S – I can apply what I learn to my everyday life.
57%
Application Application ModelModel
Application ModelApplication Model
1 Knowledge of one discipline1 Knowledge of one discipline2 Application within discipline2 Application within discipline3 Application across 3 Application across
disciplinesdisciplines4 Application to real-world 4 Application to real-world
predictable situationspredictable situations5 Application to real-world 5 Application to real-world
unpredictable situationsunpredictable situations
AcquisitionAcquisitionof knowledgeof knowledge
Applicationof knowledge
Action Continuum
Relevance of learningto life and work
1 2 3 4 5
ApplicationApplication
KnowledgeKnowledge
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2
3
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Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework
Closing Thoughts
Is my desire for success to improve my system or
classroom strong enough to prompt me to change my
thinking?
“The things we fear most in organizations, fluctuations,
disturbances, imbalances are the primary sources of
innovation.”
- Meg Wheatley
SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE
