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@JasonFlomDirector of Learning Platforms
Whole Child Ecosystem:
Questions that Innovate
Global Education Conference 2012TICAL Spring 2013
Your best learning curve ever?
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Elements
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Essential building blocks?
EngagementOwnershipChallenge
MeaningfulVested Desire
Shared Commitment
InterestNeed
EmotionNovelty
ConfidencePassion
Ah-ha moment
Including, but not limited to . . .
What doesTransformational
Learning look like?
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(Psst: The ASCD Whole Child Initiative)Healthy – Safe
Engaged – Challenged – SupportedImage: UCLA Faculty Association
Healthy(No need for PE, we’ve got tots!)
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Safe (or at least contained)Image: David L. Forney
Engaged!(If it moves, we test it)
Source: WAMU
Challenged (Stressed to Success)
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Supported(Deficit Model: We focus on your problems!)
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“Those numbers just don’t add up.”Image: Bill Watterson
Healthyphysical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions
Source: Healthy Vending Machines
Safe
just equitable
sound respectful
Source: Orange County Schools
Engaged
activities, experiences, opportunities, responsibilities, involvement
Source: Cristyli
Supported
personal
individualized
developmental
communicative
encouraging
inclusiveSource: Epic Self
Challengedcomprehensi
ve
strategic
relevant
evidence-based
with
high-expectations
Complex System Dynamics
Variability Context Emotion Feedback loops
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Image: RespectfullyDisagree
What’s your
dilemma?
Ask questions we will.
Image: Star Wars
Whaddaya think?
Good people, dichotomized
Unions = Bad!
Unions = Good!
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“A paradigm shift occurs when a question is asked inside the current paradigm that can only be answered from outside of it.”
Marilee GoldbergImage: Empower Magazine
What is the achievement gap?Image: Corbis Images
How do we close the achievement gap? Image: Corbis Images
Why does the achievement gap persist? Image: Corbis Images
What does learning look like when it is meaningful to students? Image: Corbis Images
A powerful question . . . )
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• stimulates reflective thinking.• challenges assumptions.• is thought-provoking.• generates energy and a vector to explore.• channels inquiry, promises insight.• is broad and enduring.• touches a deeper meaning.• evokes more questions.
Eric Vogt, 1994
Less Powerful
More Powerful
Source: Vogt
1. Architecture
Why
How What
Where Which When Who
Closed yes/no questions
Image: New Black MagazineQuestions: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Are you feeling okay? Where does it hurt? How are you feeling in general? Why do you suppose you aren’t feeling well?
What can we do? Vs.
What could we do?
Image: New Black MagazineQuestions: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Why is my coat unbuttoned? Vs.
Where can we find spiritual peace?
Image: New Black MagazineQuestions: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
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2. Scope
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How can we best help little Johnny?
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How can we best help struggling boys in our school?
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How can we best help students in our district who struggle?
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How can we best help all students who struggle in school?
3. Assumptions
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How can we increase the number of PD days teachers get?
Image: University of Nebraska Lincoln
How can we increase the value of the PD teachers receive?
Image: University of Nebraska Lincoln
What kind of PD empowers the teacher student relationship?
Image: University of Nebraska Lincoln
How can we get schools and districts to race to the top?
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Your Question
Revised
The Game PlanAssess
DiscoverCreate Evolve
Image: Asia SocietyContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Assess Your Current Situation
(Question Gathering)
Image: Asia SocietyContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Discover the “Big Questions”
(Pattern Finding)
Image: Asia SocietyContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Create Images of Possibility
(What would it look like if our big questions were
answered?)
Image: Asia SocietyContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Evolve Workable Strategies
(Innovating key initiatives)
Image: Asia SocietyContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Leadership Moves
Image: Yoga Belly Studio
Image: WiredContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Engaging Strategic Questions
Strategic Questions
CollaborativelyConstructing
Collective Knowledge
Convene & Host Learning Conversations
Authentic Conversations
About Learning
Facilitative Leadership
Image: WiredContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Include Diverse Perspectives
Connect
People
andIdeas
Image: WiredContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Support Appreciative Inquiry
What’s working?What’s possible?
Vs.
What’s wrong? Who’s to blame?
Image: WiredContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Fostering Shared Meaning
System-wide Reflection
Share Insights
Imagesand
Metaphors
Image: WiredContent: Vogt, Brown, Isaacs
Nurture Communities of Practice
Fostering
Learning Networks
On the Front Lines
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Powerful Questions+
Whole Child Focus+
Community Involvement=
Learning that TransformsOld Paradigm
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Thank you Contact
Resources
Jason Flom [email protected]@JasonFlomQEDfoundation.orgAllKindsOfMinds.org
ASCD Whole ChildArt Of Powerful Questions
Art & Architecture of Powerful Questions
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