5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
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TEDx Creative Coast5 Ideas for the 21st Century School Let Children Solve Real World Problems by Mark Finnern
Greatest Gift?
Future of Education Salon with John Taylor
Gatto
Why ?Boring!Content NOT Relevant!
High School Drop Out Rate 46%
Self Driving Cars
NASA Test: Percentage of Geniuses in Divergent Thinking
Kid draws Bird from Experience and Memory
These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
Same Kid gets asked to color a Workbook for Math
These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
Birds drawn after the Stereotyping Math exercise
These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
Idea #1 Let Children Solve Real World Problems
Skillpoint Alliance: Velocity Prep• 4-week summer program• Teams of 20 students form
a consulting company;• Work with an actual client; • Create an innovative
solution to a real-world problem;
• Present their designs & solutions to the client;
Idea #2 Let Children Select Which Problem They Want to Tackle!
Idea #3 Wikipedia Style Transparent Problem Solving
Idea #4Public Handover of the Solution
Idea #5 Project Fridays
Greatest Gift?
John Taylor Gatto
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