Breaking the Rules in Education

Break the rulesin education

8 ideas

Rule # 1Education happens

at a fixed place

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Rule breaker # 1

Education happens in any place

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Rule # 2

Educationhappens at a

fixed time

Rule breaker # 2

Education happens anytime

Rule # 3Class attendance

of students is controlled

Rule breaker # 3

Education is built on trust

Rule # 4Tables and chairsin seminar roomsare organized in

long rows

Rule breaker # 4

There may be no need for tables or chairs

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The number of ideas are increased by standing up

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Better conclusions are reached by standing up

Rule # 5Education is focused on

supply / curriculum

Rule breaker # 5

Education is focused on demand

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“You’ve got to let the students run the school!”

Blair Sheppard, Dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Rule # 6Students reproduce

knowledge at exams

Rule breaker # 6

Education participantscreate new knowledge

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Eric Liu: In education, we have to have a lot more emphasis on “what if” and not just on “what is”

Rule # 7

Students arerewarded with

grades

Alfie Kohn: The more you reward students for doingsomething, the more they tend to lose interest

Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQt-ZI58wpw

Rule # 8

Students aregiven a diploma

Imagine a world where higher education doesn't end with a diploma, but starts at 18 and continues through life, as the world changes around us.

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Rule breaker # 8