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Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President [email protected] The “Big Shifts” … and Schools of the Future “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed.
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Sharing our planet: Issues involving the “global common”• Global warming• Biodiversity and ecosystem losses• Fisheries depletion• Deforestation• Water deficits• Maritime safety and pollutionSharing 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 mitigationSharing 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.
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Fay School (MA) 8th graders
Challenge 20/20: Montessori School of Denver
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
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
Crowdsourcing Meets Gaming
Nobel Prizes in Science and Medicine?
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
Grant Wood’s Victorian Survival
Smithsonian Podcast interpretation by Katy Waldman, Holton Arms School
What Are the Next Most Important Questions for Schools, at any Level?
1.How will we assess & measure success?– formative tests, demonstrations of learning,
electronic portfolios
2.How will we lead?– Change agency leadership
– Betting on the fast horses
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
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”
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