21st Learning and Teaching

Disruptive Education

• Education is currently being disrupted. There is tension between the old and the new. Sacred cows are being challenged, these include:

• Physical design of the school• Methods of learning• The role of the teacher• Exams and assessment• The day – timetable, duration• Libraries, books and other resources

Sir Ken Robinson Video

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html

Innovation

• Our 21st Century life is a result of innovation. Innovation differs from improvement because it disrupts. It messes with the way we do things, it can be uncomfortable, but ultimately, if it is truly innovative it will change our life for the better.

How do we develop a learning community that allows the expression and the celebration of the passions of a diverse group of young people. Providing them with the opportunity to flourish ?

Our challenge is to provide an environment in which students are:

- educated meaningfully- engaged passionately

When we do this we know:

1. School as we know it will become obsolete.2. The alternative will challenge the status quo.3. It will change the experience of school and learning for the better, for so many young people.

The New Paradigm SCHOOL AS IT WAS… SCHOOL AS IT IS BECOMING…• An educational institution An authentic learning community• Content-centric Learner-centric (personalised

learning)• Assessment driven Mastery-motivation• Competitive Cooperative• Knowledge fed from a central source Sparking curiosity to explore• Disconnected from real life It is real life• Dependent on resources provided Creator of resources to share• Uniform in its physical design Flexible in its physical design• Defined hours in a day Fluid across time• Dependent on the teacher’s knowledge Open to many sources of knowledge• Technology as a subject Technology as an environment• Teacher in control (sage on the stage) Teacher as co-learner (guide on the

side)• Reflecting society’s expectation An individual’s passion is ignited

Teaching as Inquiry

What we know through research, literature review and experience

• Teaching and learning in the 21st Century must be collaborative, flexible and creative in order to cater for the diverse needs of our students, now and in the future. 30 students and 1 teacher in a box, is a 19th Century model that will not provide the education our children need to become confident citizens in their communities and enable them to co-create the futures we want them to have.

The Big Question

Is it possible for young people experiencing an environment of;

• ‘chalk and talk’• segmented subjects• cohorts that are based on the assumption of age-based

grouping• uniformity and one-size-fits-many curriculum

…to then adapt and thrive in an environment of choice, creativity and collaboration?

A List of Schools Developing or That Have Developed Open Learning Spaces

• Belmont School (Lower Hutt)• Bluestone School (Timaru)• Eastern Hutt School• East Taieri School (Mosgiel)• Emlgrove School (Mosgiel)• Favona School (Manukau)• Karaunui School (Stokes Valley)• Fenworth School (Invercargill)• Lake Brunner School (West Coast)• Mangere Central School• Nelson Park School (Napier)• Stonefields School• Hingia Peninsula School• Mission Heights Primary School

• Newfield Park School (Invercargill)• Papakura Normal School• Papatoetoe Central School• Papatoetoe South School• Parnell School• Pillans Point (Tauranga)• Rangiora Borough School• Richmond View School (Blenheim)• Rosebank Primary School (Balclutha)• Riwaka School (Nelson)• Whakarongo School (Palmerston North)