Matching schools to the “knowmad”

society

Educational system is outdated

Was designed for the industrial age

Sir Ken Robinson Sugatra Mitra

Nikhil Goyal

Jef Staes

They advocate a need for change

Characteristics of system

Age groups

Learning in prescribed places

Learning dictated by roster

Teacher-centered classroom

Isolated classrooms

Hierarchical organizations

No voice

No choice

Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic

The system need to change

The current system is sink-ing

The meaning of Education

Education ≠ schooling

Education = universal development of skills and knowledge, any time, any place, anywhere

Think differently about human capacity

Sir Ken Robinson – from “How schools kill creativity”We have to get over this old conception

of: of

Learning is an inborn capacity

What skills are really needed in the future?

”Ten years from now, relevant work skills will be shaped by the continued rise in global connectivity, smart technology and new media, among several other drivers.”

@ The Institute for the Future in Palo Alto

Future of LearningFrom Educational Institutions to

Learning Flows

The definitions of teacher and student are fluid.

Education is moving out of episodic experiences at traditional institutions like classrooms and schools into learning flows that course through our daily lives.

@ The Institute for the Future in Palo Alto

New technologies, new ecologies, and new practices are disrupting how we learn, what we learn, and where we learn.

The “Knowmad” society

Focus on ‘how’ to learn, not ‘what’ to learn

Shift from Formal to Invisible learning

Structured

Sequential

Supply-driven

Pre-set curriculum

Responsibility with teacher

Random

Free

Demand-driven

Individual curriculum

Responsibility with learner

Industrial

Know

mad

WHAT

HOW

Intrinsicmotivation

Amotivation

Self motivated learn-ing

Reward & punish-ment

Guilt, Pride & Shame

Relevance is recognized (by student)

Connected to own norms and values

Extrinsic motivation

TrustControl

Shift from Extrinsic to Intrinsic

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Performance outcomes

Learning informally primary school math takes 20 hours

Formal education takes ±2000 hours

Learn

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Time

Info

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Formal learning

What can you do?

Reshape thinking

Our own thinking, assumptions and beliefs are modeled by our own schooling through centuries

Create ecology of options

Not “one” best practice

Industrial policy 21st century innovation policy

Top down Bottom up

Ecology of options

Doesn’t work

Best education efforts?

The best of these efforts are those in which the client population — the students — play a critical role.

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