A New Educational Paradigm for the 21st Century

1. A New Educational Paradigm for the 21st Century Mawson Lakes (South Australia) A Learning Community

2. Presentation 1. Communities in the 21st Century Attributes Lifelong Learning Characteristics of Learning Communities 2. Mawson Lakes Educational Vision Educational Services Mawson Lakes School 3. Education in the 21st Century Changing Nature of Schooling New Educational Paradigm Strategies for Revitalising Schools

3. Communities in the 21st Century • Greater diversity, complexity, uncertainty • Increased globalisation • Rapidly changing technologies • Knowledge explosion / Information society • Micro-economic reform • Changing nature of work • Greater demand for learning • Transformation of families • Enterprising / Innovative communities

4. Learning community Technologically advanced community Innovative community Healthy community Sustainable community Positive unique identity Connected community Enterprising community Open community Traditions, customs, family rituals Flexible / adaptable community Live, learn, work, play Responsible community Attributes of 21stC Communities

5. Lifelong Learning • Generated significant interest amongst governments, economists and educators • Process of continuously acquiring and applying new knowledge, values, skills and behaviours • Cradle-to-grave, learner centred and empowering process • Significant benefits to individuals, communities and enterprises

6. Characteristics of a Learning Community? • Values and embraces learning • Knowledge, wisdom and skills • major foundation of social and economic well-being • basis for developing a culture of continuous improvement • Fosters and supports lifelong learning • schools, workplaces, communities, families • range of accessible and equitable services and resources for all • Learning for anyone, anytime, anyplace

7. What does a Learning Community look like? • Coherent network of multiple learning settings • Dissolve borders among learning settings • Provide a sense of place and learner identity • Enhance social connectivity among learners • Adapt quickly to a variety of learning needs • Accommodate differences in learners • Provide for both general and specialised study • Build “learning community” as something to do Bruce Jilk (1998)

8. Mawson Lakes • $850m Joint Venture • 12km north of Adelaide • 620 hectare site • 70Ha lakes & waterways • 26km hike & bike trails • 30% open space • Greenfields site plus • University of SA • Technology Park • 3,700 dwellings by 2010 • Population 20,000+ • 10,000 residents • 6,000 workers • 5,000 students • Born out of MFP

9. Mawson LakesKey Features • Lakeside Town Centre • Mixed use precinct • Residential villages • Information technologies and telecommunications • Lakeside and parkside lifestyle • Energy efficient and intelligent homes • Water and environmental management system

10. Mawson LakesBusiness Elements • Urban Design and Character • Social Development • Education • Information Technologies & Telecommunications • Energy and Environmental Development • Economic Development

11. Mawson Lakes Outcome Driven Model Business Service Research and Development Education and Training Business Business

12. Mawson LakesEducational Vision • Create a lifelong learning community • wide range of educational services • optimal use of advanced ICT • Learning for anyone, anytime, anyplace • Connected community • learning • technology • Education contributes to economic sustainability • Culture of continuous improvement

13. Whole of life education Optimal use of ICT Sharing, cooperation and collaboration Contribute to economic sustainability New resource models International focus High quality New partnerships Special educational ‘signatures’ Link to surrounding areas Transferability to other communities Accessible and appropriate for all Responsive to change Mawson LakesCharacteristics of Educational Services

14. Mawson LakesKey Drivers of Educational Vision • Delfin Education Services • Mawson Lakes (Interim) Education Board • ML School Coordinating Committee • ML School (Interim) Governing Council • Education Services Manager • Principal Mawson Lakes School

15. Mawson LakesComponents of Educational Services • Mawson Lakes Child Care Centre • Mawson Lakes School • Endeavour College • University of SA - Mawson Lakes Campus • Technology Park • Online Courses - local, interstate, overseas • Centres of Excellence • Mawson Centre

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18. Learning Environment Learning Technologies Educational Services Curriculum Organisation Teaching Methodologies Research and Development Learning Partnerships Economic Sustainability Transferability Mawson Lakes School Points of Difference

20. Educational Changes

21. Educational Changes

22. Mawson Lakes New Educational Paradigm for 21st C • Create awareness of importance of lifelong learning to the individual and the community • Create a distributed and inter-connected learning environment • Create a new services - driven operating model driven by the needs of learners • Developing ‘community as a school’ • Capacity for future growth - ‘fitted with’ and ‘fitted for’

23. New Educational Paradigm for 21st CCharacteristics of Learners • Process of learning is innate and lifelong • Learning is an integral part of playing and working • People of all ages have the capacity to learn • People have a variety of learning needs • People learn • at different rates and in different styles • in different situations and at different times

24. New Educational Paradigm for 21st CCharacteristics of “Schools” • Accessible, flexible, responsive, diverse and balanced in their policies and approaches • Variety of learning opportunities and methodologies • Formal and informal links and partnerships • Teachers will have new roles and responsibilities • ICT will have profound implications for learning • More enterprising and commercial focus • Quality improved by experience, innovation and research

25. Schools as Community Learning Centres “One way to be imaginative is to rethink how we use our existing stock of school buildings. We really are at a point where we need to put aside the old factory model of education that too often isolated the school from the community” Secretary Richard Riley U.S. Department of Education October, 1999

26. Schools in the Community: Location of Learning “Now a final concept. We ought to look at every community as a living classroom and help our schools create new pathways to learning. The location of learning is often just as important as the size and organisation of a school. We have so much to gain by linking schools to museums, art and cultural groups, zoos, environmental centres, businesses and non profit associations.” Secretary Richard Riley U.S. Department of Education October, 1999

29. Visionary Beacons Business Managers Entrepreneurial and commercially focused Community networkers Team players Risk takers Foster empowerment Encourage the process Focus on enhancing learning outcomes Lifelong learners Celebrate success New Educational Paradigm for 21st CCharacteristics of Leaders “The fundamental challenge for all leaders in the 21st C is not to keep doing things the way they were done yesterday, but to always look towards tomorrow”

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31. New Educational Paradigm for 21st CStrategies for Revitalising Schools • A clearly articulated strategy for change built around a unifying concept • A re-conceptualisation of the place and function of schools in the community • A preparedness to re-culture the school • A readiness to invest in people • A willingness to adopt an evidence-based approach to change • An expansion of the outreach of the school to the local, national and international community • A commitment to maintaining the momentum of change based upon sharing good practice and celebrating success • A commitment to the idea of leaders for learning Judith Chapman (2000)

32. New Educational Paradigm for 21st CSeven Propositions for Success • Change is learning, loaded with uncertainty • Change is a journey, not a blueprint • Problems are our friends • Change is resource-hungry • Change requires the power to manage it • Change is systemic • All large-scale change is implemented locally Michael Fullan & Matthew Miles (1992)

33. Mawson Lakes Making Lifelong Learning A Reality For All