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Learning from Extremes OECD Education, Public Forum, Paris, November 2010. Charles Leadbeater. Your vantage point determines what you can see… . To see the future of education we all go to Finland.
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Learning from Extremes OECD Education, Public Forum, Paris, November 2010 Charles Leadbeater
But radical innovation usually comes from the margins, entrepreneurs with few resources meeting huge need
But lots of people think education is dysfunctional and fails too many
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Better versions of the schools we have… Increasing productivity, yield, effectiveness…
Good people teaching, well trained, well motivated and supported in the right conditions, measures, accountability
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Personalised learning by… Place,Timing, Pace, Space, Curriculum, Assessment
Big schools that feel small Teachers as coaches Pupils as self-reflective protagonists Problem/question oriented learning Collaborative and real world
Philosophy of learning/shared vision Collaborative culture Flexible use of resources Knowledge and information sharing Constant learning
But… There are lots of obstacles and traps on the journey from improve to reform
And… Even that may not get all you need because what happens outside school matters so much
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Schools working in conjunction with parents, families, community development
Social and emotional pre-conditions for learning
Aspiration and ambition Cultural change in communities
Challenges… Where do you invest? What people and skills do you need? Are schools the right vehicle?
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Learning new things in new ways in new settings…often without teachers, schools, textbooks …
Different people, technologies, places for learning
Learning as making, doing, earning activity
Diffusion Scaling Spreading
Competing and complementary strategies Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Competing and complementary strategies Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining System Change Disruptive
Leading: four styles, we need all of them Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Where learning happens Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
Who leads learning Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
What is learned Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive
All our efforts go into scaling improvement strategies that push learning
To meet the really big needs we need transformative innovation that pulls people to learning because it motivates them and spreads by word of mouth