Pat Bassett @TEDx - Schools of the Future

Comment by Demetri Orlando on April 22, 2012 at 10:04am

Big shifts (1-6 from the Macarthur Foundation) which Pat fleshes out:

1 from "knowing" to "doing" 
         - from the scarcity to the abundance of information
         - subject areas in the service of doing something rather than end unto itself

2. from teacher-centered to student-centered
         - always a place for teacher-mediated experience
         - younger students learn best from people who love them and who are very smart
in high school, they learn best from peers

3. from individual effort to collaboration and teaming
         - teaming during school, not just after school activities
         - e.g. at Tuck Business School, students are evaluated on the team product, and then peer-evaluated by the other members of the team; capacity to advance the efforts of a team.
          - from summative to formative assessment
          - use of the CWRA assessment

4. from consumption of info to construction of knowledge
          - chalenge 20/20

5. from schools to networks
          - teachers no longer isolated in their classrooms
          - thanks Pat for showing ISEnet!!!!  (I say "ice net", because "isa-net" is a UK network) 

6. from single sourcing to crowd sourcing

7. from high-stakes testing to demonstrations of learning
          - k-12 digital portfolios
          - see this ISEnet discussion for more on demonstration of learning

Comment by Janice LaMendola on December 6, 2012 at 8:45pm

Fantastic and eye-opening...I hope all educators take notice of this shift!

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