Michael FullanEducation Fast Forward 8

November 21, 2013

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Stratosphere Defined

Disengaged Students

—My Voice National Student Report, 2012

• Irresistibly engaging for both students and teachers

• Elegantly efficient and easy to use

• Technologically ubiquitous 24/7

• Steeped in real-life problem solving

• Irresistibly engaging for both students and teachers

• Elegantly efficient and easy to use

• Technologically ubiquitous 24/7

• Steeped in real-life problem solving

NEWLEARNIN

GExciting innovative learning experiences for all students needs to be:

Teachers and Students as Pedagogical Partners

Teacher as Facilitator .17

• (simulations and gaming; inquiry based; smaller class sizes; individualized instruction; problem-based learning; web-based; inductive teaching)

Teacher as Activator .60

• (reciprocal teaching; feedback; teacher-student self-verbalization; meta-cognition; goals-challenging; frequent effects of teaching)

Emergent Roles of Teachers and Students

Teachers (Pedagogical Capacity)

Students (Deep Learning)

Mentor and build trust Seek mentors and build trust

Activate learning Identify strengths and weaknesses

Provide feedback and supportBuild reflection/communication skills

Enhance motivation of goals/tasks

Explore self interests and aspirations

Model instruction with/from students and peers

Reciprocal teaching and learning from and with peers and teachers

Set high expectations Develop capacity

Research and assess learning impact

Build awareness of the learning process

Engage in impact of strategies with peers

Be cognizant of mindset toward learning

Model proactive dispositionDevelop intellectual/attitudinal disposition

Be a life-long learner/accelerator

Be a life-long learner

Building Capacity At All Layers of The System