Schools Out Of Sync: Teaching And Learning In A Global Society

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It
is
pretty
difficult
to
refute
that
the
world
is
a
new
and
forever
 different
place.

Although,
some
continue
to
keep
their
head
in
 the
sand.

Read
Thomas
Friedman
–
his
columns,
The
World
is
 Flat,
or
Hot,
Flat
and
Crowded
‐‐
,
or
Daniel
Pink’s
A
Whole
New
 Mind,
or
Don
Tapscott’s
Wikinomics,
or
Rolf
Jensen’s
Dream
 Society.

We
must
all
be
asking
how
to
manage
sustainably
in
this
 new
world
and
how
to
be
educate
kids
for
their
futures,
not
our
 past.

Each
organization,
especially
schools,
must
ask
what
is
their
 vision
and
understanding
of
the
future.


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Old
Economy
v.
New
Economy
 What
worked
for
PC
man
will
not
work
for
Apple
guy.
 Preparing
kids
for
their
futures
–
which
are
unknown
to
 us.
 This
also
represents
Baby
Boomers
and
Gen
X
 Understanding
the
generational
differences
becomes
 critical
in
this
pursuit.
 Who
are
the
teachers
mostly?
 Who
are
the
parents
at
what
breakpoints?
 How
about
the
administrators
‐
starting
to
see
the
Gen
X
 administrator
and
faculty
of
Baby
Boomers
‐
what
 tensions
does
that
present?


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Tony
Wagner’s
newest
book
worth
checking
out:
 The
Global
Achievement
Gap:

Why
Even
Our
Best
Schools
Don’t
 Teach
the
New
Survival
Skills
Out
Children
Need
–
And
What
We
 Can
Do
About
It.
 This
is
a
good,
specific
list
of
skills.

Ask
how
each
of
these
can
be
 developed
explicitly
through
the
adult
environment
and
in
the
 classroom
across
the
grade
levels.
 This
is
a
good
list
to
use
as
targets
for
our
curriculum
–
start
at
 age
3
–
critical
thinking
happens
at
the
youngest
ages,
too


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Series
of
learning
curves
 A
career
‐
life‐longing
learning,
an
organizational
 learning
curve.
 Culture’s
curve/marketplace
curve.

Customer
 expectations
live
on
this
curve.

Younger
generation
 parents
have
different
expectations.
 Relevance
is
the
answer
to
the
big
WHY
BOTHER?
 The
concept
of
RELEVANCE
is
not
threatening
like
 “change”
is.
 Extending
status
quo
is
dangerous
 Relevance
gap
fodder
for
strategic
plan
 One
does
not
invest
in
or
choose
irrelevance
 Irrelevance
=
obselesence


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In
working
with
Grace‐St.
Luke’s,
one
of
my
first
suggestions
was
 to
change
the
focus
–
stop
talking
about
change
because
 everyone
always
hates
change.

Start
talking
about
relevance
and
 innovation
and
competitive
marketplace
stances.
 Change
then
becomes
a
means
to
an
end,
instead
of
perceived
as
 an
end.


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If
your
school
went
away
today,
wave
of
a
wand
‐‐
would
it
be
 missed,
would
there
be
a
gap
in
the
marketplace.

Looking
at
this
 gap
will
give
you
clues
as
to
what
you
can
do
that
is
already
valued
 in
the
marketplace.

How
can
you
highlight/leverage
this?
 Importance
of
developing
and
nurturing
a
learning
community
 Visible
and
Aligned
with
the
issues
and
interests
of
the
community
 What
visible
messages
are
you
sending
right
now?
 The
geography
of
your
school
‐
fences,
gates
 Are
you
in
effect
asking
your
customer
to
step
out
of
culture/market
 when
they
are
part
of
your
community?
 Design
your
school
for
the
future


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I
worked
with
the
core
leadership
–
Head
of
School,
division
 heads,
faculty
representative
–
of
Grace‐St.
Luke’s
to
deeply
 inquire
and
start
to
quantify
the
needs
of
the
future
and
how
to
 get
there.
We
did
this
through
a
series
of
“solution
retreats”,
each
 one
8:30
–
4:30,
off
campus,
centered
about
one
of
Dan
Pink’s
six
 senses.

This
was
an
amazing
experience
which
taught
the
school
 leadership
the
processes
of
deep
inquiry,
reflecting,
gap
analysis,
 and
innovation.

They
had
much
more
creativity
and
visioning
 skills
than
they
thought
they
did.

We
did
a
lot
to
dispel
worn‐out
 and
limiting
beliefs
and
assumptions
and
chartered
a
clear
path
 forward.


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This
statement
represents
the
gist
of
Daniel
Pink’s
book
and
its
 relationship
to
education.
 He
tell
us
‐
Asia,
Automation,
Abundance
to
make
the
point
that
 left
brain
is
essential
but
not
sufficient.
The
conclusion
is
that
 right‐brainers
will
rule
the
future.

 Right‐brainers
 Again
not
only
the
left
brain
but
also
right
brain
 Collaboration
 Co‐creation
with
customer
 Transparency
 authenticity


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Importance
of
having
a
fuller
toolbox
 Left
Brain
skills
are
essential
but
not
sufficient
 Learning
need:

to
develop
the
right
brain
skills
in
addition
 to
developing
the
left
brain
skills.

Need
both
in
order
to
 be
sustainable
in
the
future
 How
to
develop
these
skills
in
the
students,
in
the
adults
 in
learning
system,
in
the
organization
itself
as
it
positions
 itself
in
the
educational
conversation
of
the
community.


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Not
linear
 We
have
linear
mindsets
(left
brain)
 Importance
of
driving
home
the
reality
that
you
never
arrive.
 It
is
not
safe
to
rest
on
our
laurels.
 Most
of
us
have
linear
realities.

This
is
the
reason
why
“change”
 which
people
think
of
as
re‐doing
what
has
already
been
done
is
 taken
so
hard
and
harshly.
In
reality,
change
is
about
re‐alignment
 which
means
there
are
new
and
different
qualified
needs
in
the
 market
place
that
we
are
intentionally
trying
to
address


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The
importance
of
organizational
learning
 Especially
in
a
tight
economic
environment,
learning
should
be
 focused,
strategic,
the
most
bang
for
the
buck,
a
personal
 responsibility
and
necessity
–
Would
they
hire
you
for
your
job
 today?

Personal
gap
analysis
and
personal
learning
plans
that
use
 strategic
plan
as
the
lens/outcome.

This
would
be
great
to
 include
in
Fac
Eval
process.
 Professional
development
in
most
places
is
a
perk,
not
managed
 well,
not
leveraged.
 A
strategic
organization
learning
and
implementation
plan
is
 important

‐

get
the
most
influence
and
impact
on
mission
 delivery


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At
Grace‐St.
Luke’s
we
call
this
flow
chart
The
Hurricane
–
which
 can
be
perceived
in
different
ways.
I
like
to
think
of
it
as
intense,
 coordinated
energy.

The
key,
nuanced
shift
in
this
visual
is
that
 each
one
of
these
initiatives
is
not
“one
more
thing.”

It
is
crucial
 that
the
organizational
culture
begin
to
see
everything
as
part
of
 the
whole
with
the
same
goal.

All
of
these
initiatives
were
 generated
from
the
“solution
retreats.”


 I
have
create
other
flowcharts
that
illustrate
other
organizations
 current
focus.

They
are
all
different
and
organic
to
each
place.

 One
of
the
key
elements
for
GSL
was
the
Y
axis
at
every
major
 initiative.

Other
cultures
don’t
have
this
need.


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Another
key
element
in
creating
sustainable
culture
change
is
to
 put
the
need
to
change
on
the
right
motivating
factor.
The
need
 to
change
is
not
created
at
the
whim
of
the
leader.

The
current
 marketplace/culture
conditions
are
causing
this
great
disruption
 is
what
has
been
an
extremely
complacent
and
stable
 environment.

The
needs
of
our
learners
are
markedly
different.


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Grace-St. Luke’s began working with All Kinds of Minds in 2004. This is an important, culture changing professional development pursuit that impacts the whole learning system.

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Key
outcomes
that
weave
21st
century
skills

and
AKOM
together


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Again,
an
integrate,
holistic
approach,
not
many
separate
one‐ offs.

Integrated.




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Part
of
the
important
reasons
to
consider
AKOM
is
that
since
the
 outcome
we
are
shooting
for
in
our
learners
is
largely
unknown,
 we
need
to
change
to
focus
to
creating
able,
flexible,
curious,
 voracious
learners
who
understand
how
best
they
learn
and
what
 they
love
learning
about.
 The
adult
environment
should
reflect
the
same
appropriation
of
 self‐knowledge,
self‐awareness,
and
meta‐cognition.
 GSL
did
learning
styles
inventory,
MBTI,
and
strengths
awareness
 via
Strengths
2.0
by
Tom
Rath.

It
sparked
many
good
learning
 conversations
and
helps
develop
empathy
for
the
student
learner.


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Similarly, taking advantage of a student’s special interests, or affinities, can both motivate as well as help through or around a learning impasse. We must not only recognize these strategies as practical, but apply them widely in an effort to help kids achieve their potential.

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In
this
rapidly
changing
world,
the
of
teaching
is
to
help
students
 develop
skills
which
will
not
become
obsolete.
Meta‐cognitive
 strategies
are
essential
for
the
twenty‐first
century.
They
will
 enable
students
to
successfully
cope
with
new
situations.



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Comprehension
versus
memorization


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Comprehension
versus
memorization


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Comprehension
versus
memorization


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What
are
the
pieces
in
this
process?
 Really
there
are
a
few:
 Intentional,
deep,
organic
vision.

You
have
to
craft
this.
 Gap
Analysis
–
where
you
are
v.
where
you
need
to
be.
 Building
blocks
–
of
which
AKOM
is
an
important
one.


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The
world
may
be
moving
on
to
CFLs,
but
at
least
one
designer
is
 still
thinking
about
how
to
improve
the
classic
incandescent
bulb.
 Joonhuyn
Kim's
concept
is
simple:
flat
bulbs
take
up
less
space
 and
make
them
easier
(and
cheaper)
to
store
and
transport.
A
 great
idea,
if
not
a
little
late.
Perhaps
makers
of
soft‐serve
style
 CFLs
could
take
a
page
out
of
this
book
somewhere
down
the
line


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At
first
new
things
are
jarring
and
resisted
with
a
lot
of
 energy
and
then
we
can’t
imagine
life
without
them.
 How
are
you
going
to
implement
and
continue
to
 understand
change?
 Bold
Thinking
 Bold
Ideas
 Bold
strategies/examples
of
Bold
Thinking
 And,
after
a
while,
just
like
the
Eiffel
Tower,
they
won’t
 seem
so
bold
or
so
new
anymore.
 Incrementalism
will
not
traverse
the
gap


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The
new
illiterate
are
those
who
cannot
change
 What
are
the
other
literacies
of
the
21st
century?
 Similar
related
article:

Does
your
organization
have
a
learning
 disability?

By
Peter
Senge
 Adaptability
and
flexible
minds
–
important
 Needs
strategies
to
learn
a
lot,
fast
–
with
a
few
trick
and
tools,
 it’s
not
impossible


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