Stop Requiring College Degrees - Andrew McAfee. By Andrew McAfee | 7:00 AM February 26, 2013 If you’re an employer, there are lots of signals about a young person’s suitability for the job you’re offering. If you’re looking for someone who can write, do they have a blog, or are they a prolific Wikipedia editor? For programmers, what are their TopCoder or GitHub scores? For salespeople, what have they sold before? If you want general hustle, do they have a track record of entrepreneurship, or at least holding a series of jobs? These days, there are also a range of tests you can administer to prospective employees to see if they’re right for the job. And there’s been a recent explosion in MOOCs — massive, open, online courses, many of them free — on a wide range of subjects. You’ve noticed by now that ‘a college degree’ is not in this list of signals.
Unfortunately, employers are doing exactly the opposite — they’re putting more emphasis over time on old-school degrees, not less. There are two huge problems with this approach. Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments for Teachers. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. ShareThis Copy and Paste. The future of teaching: Difference engine: Let the games begin. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ) Skip the use "Ghost" (Clip officiel)
Connected Learning: Reimagining the Experience of Education in the Information Age. This weekend, I am attending the Third Digital Media and Learning Conference, hosted by the MacArthur Foundation, as part of their efforts to help build a field which takes what we have learned about young people's informal learning, often through the more playful aspects of participatory culture, and apply it to the redesign and reinvention of those institutions which most directly touch young people's lives -- schools, libraries, museums, and public institutions.
Today, the MacArthur Foundation is releasing an important statement about the underlying principles they are calling "connected learning," a statement which helps to sum up the extensive research which has been done by the DML network in recent years. Their goal is to foster a wide reaching conversation not simply among educators but involving all of those adults who play a role in shaping the lives of young people -- and let's face it, that's pretty much all of us. For more information, check out this website. (8) THE END OF TEACHING by @agalorda. RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation. Conjoncture : Une troisième révolution industrielle est en vue. L'économiste américain Jeremy Rifkin présente ce mardi à Paris son dernier essai sur les mutations en cours de l'économie et les bases d'une croissance durable tout au long du XXIe siècle. Voici sa vision du futur.
«Une troisième révolution industrielle doit prendre le relais de notre modèle actuel, à bout de souffle», assure l'économiste américain Jeremy Rifkin. Selon lui, «la crise actuelle n'est pas la crise de la finance, mais la crise du pétrole» et cet or noir sera de plus en plus rare et de plus en plus cher. Surtout, cette énergie est polluante, et les catastrophes naturelles de plus en plus violentes et fréquentes plaident en faveur d'un modèle de croissance plus soutenable. Ce modèle alternatif repose sur les énergies vertes et sur Internet, estime Jeremy Rifkin. Selon lui en effet, chaque ère économique, assise sur une révolution industrielle, prend racine dans la combinaison d'un nouveau mode de communication associé à une nouvelle source d'énergie.
Etudiante, je hais les partiels, marathon des nerfs pour perroquets. Si l’on se réfère à la terminologie en vogue, je suis actuellement étudiante en quatrième année dans une « grande école » dont on ne cesse de vanter la qualité de l’enseignement. On évoque souvent le désintérêt des jeunes pour l’école. Pourtant, il y a quatre ans lorsque j’étais encore la candidate n°4307, j’ai senti mon cœur faire des claquettes sur mon estomac en remettant ma copie aux surveillants. Je sors d’une session d’examens. Et je partage les conclusions d’un rapport de juillet 2007 remis au ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la recherche sur les modalités d’évaluation des étudiants.
Au bout de huit pages... un « peu clair » Il y est souligné que la correction n’aide en aucun cas l’étudiant à progresser, puisque les fameux « partiels » ne donnent lieu à aucun retour. De même, le rapport souligne que le contrôle continu est rarement assorti d’un réel travail sur les difficultés de l’étudiant. La note sur 20, nuancier de 80 humeurs Autre aberration : la note sur 20. Rapport sur les examens. What You (Really) Need to Know. Can Technology Transform Education Before It’s Too Late? Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Prerna Gupta, who is CEO of Khush (now part of Smule), whose music apps, like Songify and LaDiDa, have been used to create over 125 million songs worldwide.
You can follow her @prernagupta. As technology continues its march toward the Singularity, transforming the way we work, socialize and play at an increasing rate, there is one very important aspect of American society that lags behind: education. Many in Silicon Valley have strong opinions on how education should be improved, perhaps most notably Peter Thiel, who believes we are in a higher education bubble and should be encouraging kids to skip college and pursue entrepreneurship instead. I agree that Americans are placing too much emphasis on higher education, but I think the debate over Thiel’s statements misses a much deeper point. Why is higher education overvalued?
Dave McClure’s fund, 500 Startups, plans to invest in 10-20 education startups this year. Will We Need Teachers Or Algorithms? Editor’s note: This is Part III of a guest post written by legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures. In Part I, he laid the groundwork by describing how artificial intelligence is a combination of human and computer capabilities In Part II, he discussed how software and mobile technologies can augment and even replace doctors. Now, in Part III, he talks about how technology will sweep through education. In my last post, I argued that software will take over many of the tasks doctors do today.
And what of education? We find a very similar story of what the popular – and incredibly funny! – TED speaker Sir Ken Robinson calls “a crisis of human resources” (Click here for the RSA talk from the same speaker which has been animated in a highly educational fashion). I want to comment on what I consider a far greater misuse of talent and training: that of our children/students, mostly here talking about high school education.
Envisioning Future Education. Enrayer la Machine à trier - La machine à trier. La jeunesse, le plus bel âge de la vie ? Si les jeunes d’aujourd’hui n’ont pas connu la guerre, la plupart d’entre eux connaissent la galère. On parle souvent de « génération sacrifiée ». La réalité de la France, c’est que sans diplôme le système vous élimine. « La Machine à trier » empêche les plus défavorisés d’accéder à l’emploi. Les jeunes partagent les valeurs fondamentales de la société. Un système scolaire élitiste, qui accroît les inégalités plus qu’il ne les corrige ; un marché du travail dont les portes sont fermées aux sans diplôme ; un système social qui n’aide pas ceux qui en ont le plus besoin, qui n’offre aucun filet de sécurité aux plus fragiles.
Pour les non diplômés, la jeunesse paraît une voie sans issue. Ce diagnostic, étayé par de nombreuses études, est au cœur de « La Machine à trier – Comment la France divise sa jeunesse ». Des discours sur la jeunesse, on en entend depuis plus de 30 ans. Christian Boghos, directeur de la Fondation ManpowerGroup pour l’Emploi. College Students: rEDesignMyEdu. The effects of school quality on long-term health.
Volume 30, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 1320–1333 Special Issue: Economic Returns to Education Edited By Colm Harmon and Matt Dickson Abstract In this paper I estimate the relationship between school quality and mortality. Highlights ► I examine the relationship between school quality and mortality. ► School quality is measured by the pupil–teacher ratio, length of term, and teacher wage. ► I find that increasing school quality increases the health return to education. ► There is also a direct relationship between school quality and overall mortality rates.
JEL classification Keywords Educational economics; Rate of return Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. Don't Lecture Me | American RadioWorks. By Emily Hanford College students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. And experts say students need to learn better because the 21st century economy demands more well-educated workers.
Lecturing was invented as a way to share information in a time before books were widely available. Now, there are better approaches. The traditional college lecture has never been a good way to learn. In the past 30 years, scientists have discovered a lot about how people learn. The Tomorrow's College series is funded by a grant from Lumina Foundation, which is committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college, and by a grant from the Spencer Foundation, which is dedicated to the belief that research is necessary to the improvement of education.
The Problem with Lecturing. Back in the late 1970s a colleague came to David Hestenes with a problem. The two of them were physics professors at Arizona State University. Hestenes was teaching mostly graduate students, but his colleague was teaching introductory physics, and the students in his classes were not doing well. Semester after semester, the class average on his exams never got above about 40 percent. "And I noted that the reason for that was that his examination questions were mostly qualitative, requiring understanding of the concepts," says Hestenes. Most professors didn't test for this kind of understanding; students just had to solve problems to pass the exams. This observation prompted a series of conversations between Hestenes and his colleague about the difference between being able to solve problems and really understanding the concepts behind those problems.
Testing Understanding They developed a multiple-choice test, now known as the Force Concept Inventory, or FCI. Taking It to Heart. Rethinking the Way College Students Are Taught. It's a typical scene: a few minutes before 11:00 on a Tuesday morning and about 200 sleepy-looking college students are taking their seats in a large lecture hall - chatting, laughing, calling out to each other across the aisles. Class begins with a big "shhhh" from the instructor. This is an introductory chemistry class at a state university. For the next hour and 15 minutes, the instructor will lecture and the students will take notes. By the end of class, the three large blackboards at the front of the room will be covered with equations and formulas. Students in this class say the instructor is one of the best lecturers in the department. Still, it's not easy to sit through a long lecture, says student Jimmy Orr. "When it's for an hour you kind of zone out for a little bit," he says.
Student Marly Dainton says she doesn't think she'll remember much from this class. "I'm going to put it to short-term memory," she says. One of the Oldest Teaching Methods He knew that Elton was right. From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics. Let Kids Rule the School. Will Dropouts Save America? Michael Ellsberg is the author of “The Education of Millionaires: It’s Not What You Think and It’s Not Too Late.”
I TYPED these words on a computer designed by Apple, co-founded by the college dropout Steve Jobs. The program I used to write it was created by Microsoft, started by the college dropouts Bill Gates and Paul Allen. And as soon as it is published, I will share it with my friends via Twitter, co-founded by the college dropouts Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams and Biz Stone, and Facebook — invented, among others, by the college dropouts Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, and nurtured by the degreeless Sean Parker. American academia is good at producing writers, literary critics and historians. It is also good at producing professionals with degrees. But we don’t have a shortage of lawyers and professors. In a recent speech promoting a jobs bill, President Obama told Congress, “Everyone here knows that small businesses are where most new jobs begin.”
Close, but not quite. Eight Reasons Startup Incubators Are Better Than Business School. Let’s get this straight: If you want to work at Goldman Sachs, McKinsey or General Electric GE +0.00%, an MBA is a handy scrap of paper. But if you’d prefer to bypass the corporate ladder and actually build something of your own, spending upwards of $140,000 and two years without pay is just about the worst way to go about it. Because looming outside those classroom walls is a creature far less merciful than any b-school professor: the market. Customers, you may be surprised to find, don’t give a damn about your degree—and the market will fire you faster than any ungrateful boss.
Want to take the plunge but need a bit of guidance and support? Business incubators have been around since the 1950s. Now a new breed of incubator, catering mainly to technology types, is springing up all over the country. Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, is the father of all startup incubators. Like top business schools, startup incubators are particular about whom they let in. TED-ED - TED-ED Front Page. Les enjeux moraux et sociaux des droits d'entrée dans les Universités avec Yves Lichtenberge - Idées.
TEDxLondon presents the Education Revolution. David Rowan Editor of Wired magazine You've seen the extraordinary TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson, on how to repair our education system to boost creativity (what? You haven't? Even after it's been seen 6.4 million times? With new tools around that harness the power of technology to truly democratise learning, and the sum total of human knowledge only a web browser away, the role of teachers is changing dramatically.
The event is organised in collaboration with Sir Ken Robinson, and aims to explore ways to re-invent an outmoded model of learning. It's an impressive list of speakers that's been announced so far, including: More speaker and entertainment details are available here and here. I've been proud to have been involved in previous TEDxLondon events, which have really punched above their weight -- they've included high-profile events in partnership with the Skoll Foundation, The Gates Foundation and The Science Museum. Insights From the 21st Century Talent Sessions Ashoka. Les bouleversements de la pensée algorithmique ! Educational technology: The evolution of classroom technology. Flash spécial : Le rapport Fourgous pour faire entrer l'Ecole dans son siècle. TEDxManhattanBeach - Thomas Suarez - iPhone Application Developer. . .and 6th Grader. Mythes et réalités de la génération Y. La Génération Y : des pilotes de course qui doivent passer leur permis.
News: Technologically Illiterate Students. A propos du blog | BOUGE TON JOB. Schumpeter: Angst for the educated. The University of Wherever. Cern residency programme unites artists and physicists. Éducation nouvelle. The Macroscope: Chap. 6. Vidéos. More pedagogic change in 10 years than last 1000 years – all driven by 10 technology innovations.