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ISfTE 27 May 2013

ISfTE 27 May 2013. Education for Tomorrow Challenges to Teacher Education. Kai-ming Cheng University of Hong Kong at International Society for Teacher Education May 27, 2013 Baptist University, Hong Kong. Agenda. Education as manpower preparation Society has changed.

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ISfTE 27 May 2013

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  1. ISfTE 27 May 2013

  2. Education for TomorrowChallenges to Teacher Education Kai-ming Cheng University of Hong Kong at International Society for Teacher Education May 27, 2013 Baptist University, Hong Kong

  3. Agenda • Education as manpower preparation • Society has changed. • Expectations on people have changed. • Education has to change. • Teachers have to be different. • Are teachers prepared?

  4. Education Systems: A Pyramid Engineers Degrees Diplomas Technicians Vocational Training Craftsmen Operatives Basic Education

  5. Hong Kong: 1960s-70s Organization Society Knowledge Credentials

  6. Manpower Education Young People

  7. Manpower Education >> Examinations >>Syllabuses >>Textbooks >>Schools >>Classes >>Timetable >>…. Young People

  8. Industrial Institutions Engineers Degrees Diplomas Technicians Vocational Training Craftsmen Operatives Basic Education

  9. Education Development: An Economic Discourse • Education Mission: Meeting Labour Demands • Education Assumption: Knowledge and Sills

  10. However, Society has changed!

  11. Industrial Large pyramids Producer-centred Departments Hierarchy Tight structure Design at the top Assigned procedures Rules & regulations Post-industrial Small companies Client-centred Project teams Flat Loose & fluid Design at front-lines Improvised actions Fit-for-purpose acts Organisations

  12. Industrial Division of labour Individual tasks Specialist duties Administrative links Credential-based appointments Appraisal by seniors Post-industrial Total solutions Team work Integrated expertise Human interactions On-demand, just-in-time learning 3600 appraisal Working Modes

  13. Industrial Paper work Circulars Minutes Documents Instructions Written reports …… Post-industrial Communications Brainstorming E-mailing Seminars Debates Conferencing Negotiation Presentation Confrontation Lobbying Retreats SMS Blogs Facebook You-tubes Twitter Apps Work Activities

  14. Industrial Bottom of the hierarchy Hiring due to credentials Member of a specialised department Implementation of design Using specific skills Routine and repetitive activities Working according to job descriptions Following set procedures Maintaining the convention Abiding by rules and regulations Appraised by degree of compliance Stable and secure Blue collars Post-industrial Member of a small group Hiring due to personality Working in teams Directly facing clients Handling human relations Directly facing problems Anticipating total solutions Designing solutions with creativity Using multiple skills Taking risks Improvising fit-for-purpose activities Managing oneself Learning on-the-job, on-demand, just-in-time Appraised 3600 Unstable, uncertain and insecure Knowledge workers Front-line workers

  15. Industrial Lifelong career Long-term loyalty Occupational identity Work-study consistency Org membership Stable employment Escalating salaries Upward mobility Foreseeable retirement Constant networks Stable relations Security, certainty Post-industrial Multiple careers Multiple jobs Blurred identity Work-study mismatch Possible free-lancing Frequent off-jobs Precarious incomes Fluctuating status Unpredictable future Varying networks Changing partners Insecurity, uncertainty Individual Lives

  16. Education Relevance • Labour Market: Work-study Mismatch • Employment: Frequent Change of Jobs & Occupations • Incomes: Fluctuates and Precarious

  17. Jobs • Work units are getting smaller and looser • Front-line responsibilities are getting more complex • Jobs are getting fewer • Conventional jobs are disappearing • New jobs emerge everyday • More with blurred occupational identity

  18. Beyond Jobs • More do not work in organizations • More are between jobs • More work in NGOs • More with multiple portfolios • More retire early

  19. Beyond Skills • Moral Standards • Attitudes • Emotions • Values • Ethics • Personality • ….. All in the affective domain!

  20. Beyond economic lives … There are lives beyond jobs or economic lives. • Family lives? • Cultural lives? • Political lives? • Spiritual lives? • Leisure lives? • Lives after retirement? • ….

  21. More recently, … • Preparation for Disruptions in Life • Unpredictable natural disasters • Man-made accidents • Emerging disease and recurring epidemics • Precarious economic crises • Surprise attacks of terrorism • Unexpected political turmoil • Irresponsible politicking • New potentials of wars • Intolerable social inequality and conflicts

  22. What can we do in Education?

  23. Option 1: Doing more and better of what we are doing! Option 2: New objectives: “21st Century Skills” Option 3: Preparing the Fundamental Capacities

  24. The Fundamentals … Team Work Commitment Self-Consciousness Human Interactions Passion Integrated Expertise Lifelong Learning Mindfulness Self-Management Personal Responsibility Emotional Challenges Innovations & Design Communications Indecent Temptations Risk Taking Presentations Moral Judgments Brainstorming Persuasion Ethical Dilemmas Negotiation Debates Networking

  25. Education: the imminent switch • From economic to humanity discourse • From screening to learning for all • From credentials to learning • From information to formation Restoration of Learning

  26. When learning is restored as the core business …

  27. Hence, rethink about Learning • Study = Learning for life? • Scores = Learning outcomes? • Teaching = Learning? • Curriculum = Learning Experiences? • Pedagogies = Learning Theories? • Teacher = Learning Professionals? • School Management = Learning Leadership? • Resources = Learning Environments? • Assessments = Facilitating Learning?

  28. Challenges to Teachers …

  29. Challenges to Teachers: Knowledge I • Knowledge about student learning • Understanding of human learning • Pedagogical content knowledge • Non-cognitive learning

  30. Challenges to Teachers: Knowledge II • Knowledge about the real society • Contemporary workplace and changes • The role of NGOs • Non-organizational workers • The new and social media

  31. Challenges to Teachers: Skills • Using ICT to liberate learners • Handling ability disparity • Facilitating cultural diversity • Playing the role model

  32. Challenges to Teachers: Attitudes • Teachers as facilitators • Teachers as lifelong learners • Teachers as change agents

  33. Challenges to Teacher Education

  34. Teacher Education • Who are the student teachers? • How could student teachers undertake working in the non-education sector? • Why should students be enthusiastic in Education? • How could teacher educators be informed by contemporary learning theories? • How could student teachers live a genuine learning life during the programme?

  35. Thank you! kmcheng@hku.hk

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