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Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President bassett@nais

The “Big Shifts” … and Schools of the Future. “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed yet.”. Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President bassett@nais.org. Who said that? Also coined the term “cyberspace”). William Gibson, American/Canadian writer, philosopher.

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  1. The “Big Shifts” … and Schools of the Future “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS Presidentbassett@nais.org Who said that? Also coined the term “cyberspace”) William Gibson, American/Canadian writer, philosopher

  2. Generative, Design Thinking What Are the Most Important Questions for Schools, at any Level? • What are the skills & values the 21st C. will demand & reward? • The Five Cs + One (What we’ll teach) • Can we agreeon them? • What are “The Big Shifts” that will redefine “schooling”?(How we’ll teach)

  3. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts?(cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Six Big Shifts (plus one) (Brought to you, free, by the Internet Revolution) • Knowing……………. Doing

  4. Creativity, Robotics, Teaming and STEM Return Falmouth Academy’s Submersible Robot “Demonstrations of Learning” Ted Sizer’s “Exhibitions”

  5. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Big Shifts • Knowing…………….. Doing • Teacher-centered…….. Student-centered

  6. Run ------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xL2PutgTRI

  7. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Big Shifts • Knowing…………….. Doing • Teacher-centered…….. Student-centered • The Individual……… The Team

  8. NOLS-based Leadership Basics: • Taking Care of… • Yourself… • Your Stuff… • Your Responsibilities to the Team • In the context of real-world project-based learning and problem-solving • Measured by CWRA critical-thinking assessment. Expeditionary Leadership TrainingWatershed School, CO

  9. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Big Shifts • Knowing….……….…. Doing • Teacher-centered….… Student-centered • The Individual……….. The Team • Consumption of Info…Construction of Meaning

  10. Lamplighter School (TX) Egg Business Run Urban School (CA) Oral Histories

  11. Rio Grande School (NM)

  12. Marymount – NYC “Fab Lab” • Key Design Thinking Concepts: • Exploring • Imagining • Experimenting • Prototyping 3-D fabricator/printers

  13. NAIS’s Challenge 20/20: High Noon • Sharing our planet: Issues involving the “global common” • Global warming • Biodiversity and ecosystem losses • Fisheries depletion • Deforestation • Water deficits • Maritime safety and pollution • Sharing our humanity: Issues requiring a global commitment & covenant • Massive step-up in the fight against poverty • Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism • Education for all • Global Infectious Diseases • Digital divide • Natural disaster prevention and mitigation • Sharing our rulebook: Issues needing a global regulatory approach • Reinventing taxation for the 21st century • Biotechnology rules • Global financial architecture • Illegal drugs • Trade, investment, and competition rules • Intellectual property rights • E-commerce rules • International labor and migration rules.

  14. 20/20 Fay School Entrepreneurship:Global Problem: Water DeficitsGlobal Solution: WaterWalker Fay School (MA) 8th graders

  15. Challenge 20/20: Montessori School of Denver

  16. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Big Shifts • Knowing………….…. Doing • Teacher-centered…… Student-centered • The Individual………. The Team • Consumption of Info.…Construction of Meaning • Schools………………..Networks (online peers & experts)

  17. PLCs & Crowdsourcing Lessons & Curriculum

  18. Othello – Orson Wells (1952) Othello – Laurence Olivier (1965) Othello – Laurence Fishburne (1995) Othello – Cheers version (1983)

  19. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts?(cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Big Shifts • Knowing…………..….. Doing • Teacher-centered…..… Student-centered • The Individual…….….. The Team • Consumption of Info….. Construction of Meaning • Schools………………... Networks (online peers & experts) • Single Sourcing………. Crowd Sourcing

  20. Crowdsourcing Meets Gaming Nobel Prizes in Science and Medicine?

  21. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts?(cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Big Shifts • Knowing…………….. Doing • Teacher-centered…… Student-centered • The Individual………. The Team • Consumption of Info….Construction of Meaning • Schools………………..Networks (online peers & experts) • Single Sourcing……… Crowd Sourcing --------------------------------------------------------------------- • High Stakes Testing….. High Value Demonstrations

  22. Grant Wood’s Victorian Survival Smithsonian Podcast interpretation by Katy Waldman, Holton Arms School Demonstration of Learning

  23. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts?(cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) The Big Shifts • “Students moving from the passenger seat to the driver’s seat.” www.futureofed.org #edfuture

  24. Generative, Design Thinking What Are the Next Most Important Questions for Schools, at any Level? • How will we assess & measure success? • formative tests, demonstrations of learning, electronic portfolios • How will we lead? • Change agency leadership • Betting on the fast horses

  25. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts?(cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning) Resources on the NAIS Website (www.nais.org): • Click on or search for The Five C’s Plus One: Skills and Values for the 21st C.: Also see separate blogs on each of the C’s: Creativity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication; Character; Cosmopolitanism (Cross-cultural Competency). (Search for Bassett Blog on Creativity; Bassett Blog on Character; etc.) • Click on or search for Bassett Tedx Talk on Schools of the Future: The Big Shifts (27 minutes) • Click on or search for Independent School Fall 2009 magazine article on “Demonstrations of Learning for 21st. C Schools”: Note the six skills I wrote about at the beginning of that article have subsequently morphed into the 5 “C’s” + One) • Click on or search for “Schools of the Future” for resources and profiled innovative schools and programs See Appendix (Next): Related Slides

  26. Return For a TEDx video version of this presentation, search on the NAIS website for “The Big Shifts.” For an overview and links to blogs on each of these topics search on the NAIS websites for “The Five C’s + One” The Five C’s + One • Creativity • Communication • Collaboration • Critical Thinking • Character ----------------------------------------------- • Cosmopolitanism – Cross Cultural Competency

  27. Cultural GPS: U.S. vs. Japan PFB… in Japan: Tsunami Headlines. Department Chair Selection Return

  28. The “Big Shifts” … and Schools of the Future Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS Presidentbassett@nais.org

  29. What does the research say? Our own blue ribbon panel of college leaders?

  30. The public perception of the gap between “what’s important” and “how effective schools are in teaching it.” KnowledgeWorks newsletter, Oct. 2007

  31. What does the research say? Return

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