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Educating students for their future, not our past. It’s so much easier to educate students for our past, than for their future.

Educating students for their future, not our past

Schools are inherently conservative social systems, as parents we get nervous when our children learn things we don’t understand, and even more when they no longer study things that were important for us. Teachers are more comfortable teaching how they were taught than how they were taught to teach. And politicians can lose an election over education issues but rarely win one over education, because it takes way more than an election cycle to translate good intentions into better results. The biggest risk to schooling today isn’t its inefficiency, but that our way of schooling is losing its purpose and relevance. And when fast gets really fast, being slower to adapt makes education systems quickly disoriented.

These days, digitalisation is connecting people, cities, countries and continents in ways that vastly increase our individual and collective potential. Moving beyond content knowledge. Reimagining the teaching profession. Anyone flying into Abu Dhabi or Dubai is amazed at how the United Arab Emirates has been able to transform its natural resources into spectacular buildings and a bustling economy.

Reimagining the teaching profession

But more recently, the country is discovering that far greater wealth than all the oil and gas together lies hidden among its people. The trouble is that the Emirates have been slow to invest in the people who can tap into and develop that new wealth: highly effective and creative teachers. But the country is committed to change that. 6 Tips on the Future of Learning from Actual Teenage Exponential Thinkers.

By Libby Falck ✍️ 1.

6 Tips on the Future of Learning from Actual Teenage Exponential Thinkers

Make it about ME 🙇 The first thing that became very clear during our conversation was that our group of “Generation Me” millennials expect their learning to be highly personalized. It should be “my choice” to pursue “my interests” at “my pace,” they argued. Online publication for school educators. Research has indicated that young people today are likely to have 17 jobs over five different careers after they leave school.

Online publication for school educators

Charles Fadel is a pioneer of the idea of 21st Century skills, founder of the Center for Curriculum Redesign, and visiting scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He’s also delivering the 2017 Australian Learning Lecture – The New Success – this month. Teacher caught up with him ahead of his visit to Melbourne. 12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years - 12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years.

12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years -

Leading Voices - Jan Owen AM. Jan Owen AM “Almost 70 per cent of young Australians are studying right now in education for jobs that won't exist in 10 to 15 years’ time”

Leading Voices - Jan Owen AM

A Diagram Of Pedagogy in the 21st Century - TeachThought: A Diagram Of Pedagogy in the 21st Century by Terry Heick We know that thinking in the 21st century seems different.

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What about teaching? The New Basics Web Final. Equipping students with 'enterprise skills' Teachers can better prepare students for future careers by helping them develop 'enterprise skills' such as digital and financial literacy, critical thinking and teamwork, according to analysis of millions of job ads.

Equipping students with 'enterprise skills'

The new research reveals youngsters entering the workforce can't rely solely on industry-specific technical skills to secure a position as employers are increasingly looking for candidates with enterprise skills, which are sometimes referred to as 21st Century or soft skills. The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA), which has published the findings, says Australia needs to invest in a national strategy to ensure students are developing enterprise skills 'inside and outside the classroom'.

Its study analysed 4.2 million online job ads in Australia between 2012 and 2015. 12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years.

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How Millennial Parents Think Differently About Raising Kids. Are You Prepared For The Future Of Social Learning? Are You Prepared For The Future Of Social Learning?

Are You Prepared For The Future Of Social Learning?

By Krish Kupathil, Mobiliya R = e –t/s where R is retention, T is time and S is strength. A formula detailing a chemical reaction, or the new math behind a social media outreach strategy? Actually, an expression of the ability to remember, discovered by the German psychologist Herman Ebbinghaus. Known as the famous Forgetting Curve, it hypothesized the decline of memory retention over time. With this statistic in mind, it is surprising that our formal education system –our schools, colleges and universities— has primarily relied on conventional learning methods to deliver information.

Even with the growth of digital platforms such as online programs, the basic structure of learning remained the same; automation and technology simply enhanced the delivery methods. Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain. Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain by Paul Moss Recently I came across this interesting article: Shifting from Pedagogy to Heutagogy and whilst espousing all contained within, it got me thinking about the inescapable perils faced when adopting this and other progressive forms of teaching.

Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain

Going against the grain can be a lonely experience at times, and whilst sound theory and instinct act as a nice warm blanket against the cold, one could well do with a practical survival guide to assist in implementing new practice. Teachers need to be prepared for the reality of what lies ahead of them to assist in the reshaping of their classrooms, and to ultimately strengthen their resolve in maintaining the chosen epistemology. Most progressive teaching models from Heutagogy, Constructivism, to PBL concern themselves essentially, as much as possible, with placing the process and outcomes of learning in the hands of the learner. 1. Are You Prepared For The Future Of Social Learning? Learning Beyond The Curriculum.

Learning Beyond The Curriculum by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon Ed note: This is part 2 in a series on self-determined learning from Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon. Stewart’s site, Heutagogy Community of Practice, is a useful resource for reading on Self-Determined Learning. The first post was Shifting From Pedagogy to Heutagogy In Education. Technology Introduces New Forms Of Experiential Learning. Technology Introduces New Forms Of Experiential Learning. Shifting From Pedagogy To Heutagogy In Education. The Definition Of Heutagogy & Self-Determined Learning by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon Ed note: This is part 1 in a series on self-determined learning from Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon. Stewart’s site, Heutagogy Community of Practice, is a useful resource for reading on Self-Determined Learning.

Competence Based Education

Differentiating Collaboration And Cooperative Learning. Preparing Students For A Modern Economy. Preparing Students For A Modern Economy by Terry Heick Doing some reading (and listening) on competency-based education recently, I was both intrigued and concerned. The concern came recently after listening to a higher ed chancellor celebrate the source of his university’s curriculum. It was during a panel discussion on Competency Based Learning, where he explained the research for the prioritized competencies began with “federal skills databases.” This sounds innocent enough. Tomorrow's Learning Today: 7 Shifts To Create A Classroom Of The Future. Tomorrow’s Learning Today: 7 Shifts To Create A Classroom Of The Future by Terry Heick For professional development around this idea or others you read about on TeachThought, contact us.

Let’s take a look at the nebulous idea of the “classroom of the future.” This is all subjective, but it’s worth talking about. So let’s talk. Edutopia. The 10 Skills Modern Teachers Must Have. Critical Thinking Pathways.

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The 7 Skills Students Must Have For The Future. 4 Different Visual Guides To Bloom's Taxonomy. Do You Have These 21st Century Skills? Setting up our students as successful 21st Century Learners is a Big Deal. In the 1990s, the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association established national standards for English language arts learners that anticipated the more sophisticated literacy skills and abilities required for full participation in a global, 21st century community. 10 Resources For Helping Students Take Initiative. 27 Simple Ways To Get Students Excited About Innovation. 27 Simple Ways To Get Students Excited About Innovation. Yes, You Can Teach and Assess Creativity! A recent blog by Grant Wiggins affirmed what I have long believed about creativity: it is a 21st-century skill we can teach and assess. Creativity fosters deeper learning, builds confidence and creates a student ready for college and career. However, many teachers don't know how to implement the teaching and assessment of creativity in their classrooms.

While we may have the tools to teach and assess content, creativity is another matter, especially if we want to be intentional about teaching it as a 21st-century skill. In a PBL project, some teachers focus on just one skill, while others focus on many. Here are some strategies educators can use tomorrow to get started teaching and assessing creativity -- just one more highly necessary skill in that 21st-century toolkit. 27 Ways To Be A 21st Century Teacher. A Diagram Of 21st Century Pedagogy -

Creativity