Hisd 29 Jan 10 Part I

Futurizing Your Teaching Practice

A Partnership between

Houston Independent School District

& Texas Association of Gifted & Talented & University of Houston

A TAGT 6-hour Update

Metaphors for the Future


Instruction 1: Review the 4 metaphors.

Determine which metaphor best describes your view of

the future.


Instruction 1: Review the 4 metaphors.

Determine which metaphor best describes your view of

the future.

Instruction 2: Own the assigned “metaphor” as the truth.

Discuss how you would approach solving the ISSUE.

Identify at least one (1) positive and (1) negative aspect of holding this view of the future.

CONCLUSIONS about Metaphors for the Future

Frame our View of the Future

Malleability

Open / Closed

Degree of Control



PRESENT



PRESENT

Influences Outcomes in the Future

A Reflection Moment …

How might I use the

metaphors activity or

these concepts in my

class?

Bridging history & futures

Change Present Change Present Change Present

Posit the Role of History

1. understand and give context to the CHANGES in our world

2. create a bridge of explanation between the Past & the Present

Bridging history & futures

Change Future Change Future Change Future

Posit the Role of Futures

1. understand and give context to the CHANGES in our world

2. create a bridge of explanation between the Present & the Future

Making the Connection


If history is the bridge between the Past and the Present and

if the future is the bridge between the Present and the Future,

then the PRESENT is the pivotal context in which we must

understand the CHANGES in our world.


"Change favors the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur

But what does “change” look like?

Would I know it if I saw it?

THE LANGUAGE of Change: the crib notes

A SOURCE of CHANGE


The SOURCE

The future is always the result of some combination of both……the world pressing in and…the individual pushing back.


The LEVELS of CHANGE


The HORIZON of CHANGE

TACTICAL OPERATIONAL STRATEGIC


The PATTERNS of CHANGE over time

linear exponential

S-curve bell-curve

threshold (jump)

Growth Decline


The EXPERIENCE of CHANGE

continuous, incremental, expected


The EXPERIENCE of CHANGE

discontinuous, disruptive, unexpected


The SPEED of CHANGE

[World Record Figure Skating Spin]


"Change favors the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur

OK, so I know how to describe “change.”

Would you confuse me with some examples?

Looking for Change?

Change ↔ Future ↔ Change ↔ Future ↔ Change ↔ Future

Source of Change for creating the future

1. Images of the Future: symbols, stories, metaphors

The Running Man (1987): Reality Game Shows

2001: Space Odyssey (1968): Space Tourism, Videophones

Gattaca (1997): Genetic Profiling




Brief Discussion: What images of the future are conveyed by children’s comics, books, games, media, by advertisers, by popular films?

Your Examples?




Brief Discussion: What images of the future are conveyed by children’s comics, books, games, media, by advertisers, by popular films?

“There is a great deal of historical evidence to suggest

that a society which loses its identity with posterity

and which loses its positive image of the future loses

also its capacity to deal with present problems, and

soon falls apart (Boulding, 1966).”



2. Every day decisions & actions prime the future.

Your examples

of priming the

future?



2. Every day decisions and actions prime the future, sometimes with a time delay build in.

U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK

Your examples

time delay

examples?



3. Long term trends push through from the past & project direction into the future.

Other examples?



4. Cycles as recurring patterns provide indicators of pathways into the future.

Other cycle examples?



5. Emerging issues slip slowly from the periphery of society into the mainstream.

What rights would a child born as a genetic copy of another have?

Source: Microsoft Images.

Other “issues”

examples?



6. The completely unexpected “9/11s”

low probability

high impact

Examples you would see as Wildcards?

Got “Change”?


Making the Connection


If history is the bridge between the Past and the Present and

if the future is the bridge between the Present and the Future,

then the PRESENT is the pivotal context in which we must

understand the CHANGES in our world.

Given the “potentiality” in the sources of change, decide: is the future single or

multiple?


The Future or Futures?


Today FutureTIME

UNCERTAINTY

Linear Future / Extended Present

Low

High

Possible Futures

Usual Planning Timeframe(3-5 years)

Trend


What value do I see in

helping students study the

future?

Hisd 29 Jan 10 Part I

Education

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