Teach them to be wrong, too!

Teach them to be wrong, too!

Pasi SahlbergCIMO

25 September 2009 Oulu, FINLAND

www.pasisahlberg.com

21st Century SkillsImprove your ...

Three features of education systems

Industrial model of organisation

Academic model of intelligence and ability

Competition model of social interdependence

Organisation:Industrial model

Intelligence & ability:Academic model

Interdependence:Competition model

Do schools prepare students to be

creative?

Parallel Global Challenge

Natural Resources Crisis Human Resources Crisis

Parallel Global Solutions

Natural Resources Human Resources

Creative capacity

Beyond scholastic knowledge

Hidden talents

Multible intelligencies

Renewable sources of energy

Beyond consuming

Carbon neutrality

Alternative ways of living

21st Century Literacy

Rachel Carson (1907 – 1964)

Human Ecology

… is a holistic approach to help people solve problems and enhance human potential within their near environments -- their clothing, family, home, and community.

Human Ecologists

… promote the well-being of individuals, families, and communities through education, prevention, and empowerment.

Education Activists

New Conception of Human Ecology

Power of imagination

Ability to design

communities

Tacit knowledgeShared knowing

Finding own talent

Richness of human capacity

Creative problem solving

Learning

...to be wrongLearning

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