Designing the New Secondary Schools Designing the New Secondary Schools Bob Pearlman [email protected] http://www.bobpearlman.org Ashfield Girls’ School Belfast November 17, 2003
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Designing the New Secondary Schools
Designing the New Secondary Schools Bob Pearlman
[email protected]://www.bobpearlman.org
Ashfield Girls’ School
Belfast
November 17, 2003
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“Bob Pearlman taught me how to use my first personal computer” (1981)
-- Alan November
Alan November
Who is Bob Pearlman?
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Who is Bob Pearlman?…
•Teacher of High School Mathematics and Computers, 1969-88
•Coordinator of Educational Reform Initiatives, Boston Teachers Union, 1987 to 1996
•National Consultant on Educational Technology, American Federation of Teachers, 1988-91 (Dade County, St. Paul Saturn School)
•Associate Director, Co-NECT School New American School Design, 1992-93
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…and why is he talking about 21st century learning and the design of new secondary schools?
•“New School Travel Agent”, 1990-94
•President, Autodesk Foundation, 1996-2000
• Director of Education & Workforce Development, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, 2000-2001
•Director of Strategic Planning, New Technology Foundation (Napa, CA)
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New Technology High SchoolNapa, California
http://www.newtechhigh.org/
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Ashland High School, 1964-- ???
1964 – School opens
Late 60’s -- addition
1997 – Add Grade 7 & 15 classrooms
Where were you in 1964?
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Design CriteriaWill schools of the 21st Century require learning environments different from today?
Is building a school like buying a house?
Who will tell the architects what we want?
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Schools for the 21st Century: Are You Ready?By Prakash NairThere are 15 trends happening in the field of education and related educational technology. Many of them have direct facility ramifications. Use them as a checklist to see how many of these trends your school facility is designed to accommodate.
1. Ubiquitous Computing:
2. Wireless Networking and Robust Internet Access:
3. Technology-intensive Teaching and Learning:
4. Emphasis on Informal Learning:
5. De-emphasis of Classroom:
6. Food Court vs. Cafeteria:
7. Shared Common Areas:
8. Imaginative Furniture Design:
9. Team-teaching, Non-Chronological Grouping and Inter-disciplinary Curriculums:
10. Emphasis on Service Learning:
11. Students Creating Products for Business:
12. Computer Labs Replaced by Distance Learning Electronic Studios:
13. More hi-tech Production Facilities:
14. Parent and Community Education Programs in Schools:
15. New Learning Partnerships with Other Schools and Universities:
Prakash Nair is President-Elect of UEF-21, Urban Educational Facilities for the 21st Century
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Design Criteria
Design Principles
Design
Elements
Kids Needs: •Safe •Respect •Personal •Interests
Program, Facility, Transitions, Exhibitions, Advisories, Technology, Projects, Portfolios, Internships, Size and Teams
•Personalization
•Common Learning Goals
•Adult World Immersion
•Performance-Based Student Work & Assessment
•Experience•Real World•Workspace•Tools
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Traditional Modified
Innovative
Radical
Not so different
Different
Very Different
Very
Very
Different
Options for new school buildings
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Penncrest High School, Media, PA •9th grade house•Flexibility to adapt to departmental or team structure•Flexibile classrooms that can be adapted to different instructional uses•Community Center•Capacity 1600
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Walled Lake Central High School, MI •Academic Center and 3 “small communities” (2 stories)
•Team-based interactive and hands-on learning
•Central Avenue
•Community Center, theatre
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Secondary School at SengKang, Singapore•1260 students•Clusters of 4 Classrooms and 2 Project Rooms•Information Technology (IT) and creativity•Group learning & participative learning•School as Community CenterClassroom Clusters (indicated)
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Edmonds-Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA•Shared classrooms to accommodate team teaching and integrated learning activities•Small group learning spaces for projects, tutoring, counseling, conferences•Village of clusters and neighborhoods of 150-200 students and 7-8 teachers (capacity 1600)•Clusters of 4 classrooms, 2 labs, shared teacher prep space, conference room, and “flex area”• Community Partnerships
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Accelerated Learning Laboratory (A.L.L.), Worcester (MA)
•Co-nect school•K-12, 537 students•Project-based learning•Technology•Integrated Curriculum
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•Constructivist Learning•Block Schedule•Professional Community•Professional Development Center•The Learning Center•Project Rooms in every wing•Open public ceremonial space
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What are the most essentials questions re
21st century learning and the design of new secondary schools?
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2020 Visiting Team
You and your table mates are members of an Visiting Team making an accreditation visit to Ashfield Girls School in the year 2020. What are the three most essential questions you will ask on the visit?
Jot down your most essential question, then dialogue with your table mates and agree on the three most essential questions.