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Education in the Knowledge Economy

Education in the Knowledge Economy. Mike Schmidt Director, Education and Community Development Ford Motor Company Fund. How Can Business Engage The Education Pipeline More Effectively?. Talk About the “Flat World” and How it Will Impact Education Help To Re-assess Longstanding Notions:

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Education in the Knowledge Economy

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  1. Education in the Knowledge Economy Mike Schmidt Director, Education and Community Development Ford Motor Company Fund

  2. How Can Business Engage The Education Pipeline More Effectively? • Talk About the “Flat World” and How it Will Impact Education • Help To Re-assess Longstanding Notions: • Standards • Curriculum

  3. Three Ways to Talk About “The Flat World”

  4. I. Talk About What Is Happening • The Knowledge Economy is Here to Stay and Moving at a Faster Pace Than Ever Imagined • In This New Economy, It is Not Enough to Focus Only on Core Academic Subjects • High Schools Must Prepare Students With 21st Century Knowledge and Skills • Somehow, We Need to Foster Innovation and Creativity – That is Our Economic Edge

  5. HELP RE-ASSESS SOME LONGSTANDING BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS

  6. HELP RE-ASSESS SOME LONGSTANDING BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS • Standards: What Should Students Know and Be Able to Do? • Content and Pedagogy: What Should Teaching and Learning Look Like?

  7. Standards: Moving From Traditional Academic Content to 21st Century Skills

  8. Partnership for 21st Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org • Ford Motor Company Fund • Intel • JA Worldwide • Microsoft Corporation • National Education • Association • Oracle Corporation • SAP • Texas Instruments • Incorporated • Time Warner, Inc. • Verizon • Agilent Technologies • American Association • of School Libraries • American Federation • of Teachers • Apple • Bell South Foundation • Cable in the Classroom • Cisco Systems, Inc. • Corporation for Public Broadcasting • Dell Inc. • ETS

  9. 21st Century Skills – P-21 Definition • Emphasis on Academically Rigorous Core Subjects for All Students • Higher-Order Thinking and Learning Skills • Critical Thinking, Communications, Problem Solving, Self-Direction, Teamwork, Personal Management, Systems Thinking • 21st Century Tools • ICT Literacy • 21st Century Context and Content (Relevance) • Global Literacy, Civic Literacy, Financial, Economic, &Entrepreneurial Literacy

  10. Content and Pedagogy:Transforming Teaching and Learning

  11. The Ford PAS Curriculum

  12. The Ford PAS Curriculum • Academic Challenge • Rigorous Content • Addresses National Standards • Connects Important Ideas Within and Across Disciplines • Develops Reasoning Processes and Ways of Thinking Particular to Disciplines

  13. The Ford PAS Curriculum • Skills for Success • Critical Thinking • Problem-Solving • Communication • Teamwork

  14. The Ford PAS Curriculum • Real-World Learning • Introduction to business concepts • Experiences that show how studies lead to college and rewarding careers • Use of powerful technology tools • Interactions with business, higher education, and community organizations • Access to information about college

  15. The Ford PAS Curriculum • Consists of: • 2 ½ year series of electives beginning in 9th or 10th grade • 5 semester-long courses, 3 modules each • 15 modules, each 6 weeks long • Flexible—school, after-school, or summer program using full curriculum or individual courses or modules

  16. The Ford PAS CurriculumTeaching/Learning Philosophy • Inquiry-Based • Pose issues and problems. • Enable students to acquire information and develop skills in the context of investigating issues and problems, often through hands-on experiences. • Performance-Driven • Assesses students’ learning in multiple ways

  17. Ford PAS Course 1: Building Foundations • From Concept to Consumer:Building a Foundation in Problem-Solving • Media and Messages: Building a Foundation of Communication Skills • People at Work: Building a Foundation of Research Skills

  18. Ford PAS Courses 2–5 Course 2: Adapting to Change • Careers, Companies, and Communities • Closing the Environmental Loop • Planning for Efficiency Course 3: Managing and Marketing with Data • Planning for Business Success • Ensuring Quality • From Data to Knowledge Course 4: Designing for Tomorrow • Reverse Engineering • Different by Design • Energy for the Future Course 5: Understanding a Global Economy • The Wealth of Nations • Markets Without Borders • Global Citizens

  19. WWW.FORDPAS.ORG

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