CONSIDERING U.S. EDUCATION

Jon R. Wallace: Fall 2012

Sir Ken Robinson

Productivity & Family Structure

2010 PISA

U.S. Results

17th Reading

23rd Science

32th Math

High U.S. Rankings?

#2 - Children Living in Poverty

#1 – Percentage of Citizens in Prison

#1 – The cost of Healthcare

#1 – Self-centered Individualism

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Gardner Multiple Intelligences

Brain Rules – Dr. John Medina

If you want to design an education system completely opposite of how the brain works, you invent a classroom.

Exercise

Survival

Wiring

Attention

Short-term Memory

Long-term Memory

Sleep

Stress

Sensory Integration

Vision

Gender

Exploration

Gardner – Changing Minds

1. Reason

2. Research

3. Resonance

4. Redescriptions:

5. Resources and Rewards

6. Real World Events

7. Resistances

Peter Drucker

Companies today aren’t managing their employee’s careers; knowledge workers must, effectively, be their own chief executive officers. It’s up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span 50 years. To do these things well, you’ll need to cultivate a deep understanding of yourself—not only how you learn, [but] how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

1. I know what is expected of me at work.

2. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right.

3. At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day.

4. In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work.

5. My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person.

6. There is someone at work who encourages me development.

7. At work, my opinions seem to count.

8. The mission or purpose of my company makes me feel my job is important.

9. My associates or fellow employees are committed to doing quality work.

10.I have a best friend at work.

11. In the last six months, someone at work has talked to me about my progress.

12.This last year, I have had opportunities at work to learn and grow.

Wagner, R & Harter, J.K. (2006). 12: the elements of great managing. New York, NY. Gallup Press

What Employees Need to Suceed

Gardner Again

Disciplined Mind

Synthesizing Mind

Creative Mind

Respectful Mind

Ethical Mind

Suggestions?

Spend more money educating the future than you do on prisons and prisoners.

Test for skills, passions, and interests earlier in elementary school.

Teach practical applications (critical thinking, conflict management, budgeting).

Eliminate standardized testing and teaching.

Experiential learning.

Margaret Wheatley