Good Teaching -Myths vs Realities

Education For the 21st Century -Connecting With Our Students

Who Am I?

• Paul Samuel

• Scotland – Wales

• Left school 16 – ‘troubled child’

• Wine Waiter, Concierge, Supermarket Attendant, Postal Service

• Re-discovered education

• Outdoor Education @ College – worked in the industry (‘disaffected youths’)

• Leisure Management – managed a Leisure Centre

• Teaching Degree - High School then Primary School (Reception, Year 3, 5 & 6)

• Worked in India, Spain and Canada

• Principal for 12 years – 2 schools including a PRU

• ESTYN School Inspector for 14 years – Inspected over 30 schools

Passionate about:

• All students have the opportunity to achieve their full potential

• All students receive the best possible opportunity for success

• Helping all students to develop a love for life-long learning

• Helping educationalists to become the best they can

Plan For The Session

What We ARE Going To Look At:• What is the purpose of

schools?• Is there a need for change?• What are we trying to

prepare our students for?• Where did our current

educational system come from?

• What do we need to start thinking about in our schools?

What I’m Not Going To Do:

• Give answers or try to tell anyone what they need to go away and do.

What is the purpose of schools?

What Sort Of World Are We Preparing Our Students For?

Premature death (before 50 years old) cut by 50% by 2025

2016 – 7.3 billion 2050 – 10 billion

people

France predicts 150,000 people @ 100+ years old by 2050 compared to

200 in 1950

In the next 5 minutes – 60 babies born in USA, 244 in China and 351 in India

Life Expectancy 1998 was 66.Life Expectancy 2015 – is 73

Fastest growing language is Chinese

India – it’s the top 28%

25% China’s population with

highest IQ > total population of North

America

75 billion devices will be connected by 2020

Over 2 billion people use the Internet now

10 million self-driving cars by 2020

YouTube 2nd largest search engine

100 billion searches on Google every

month

Worldwide there are over 1.5 billion active FaceBook users (over 175 million connected

in each moment)

E-Reputation is the new worst enemy

1 out of 6 couples married in the USA

met online

Over 2 billion people have smartphones

8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (8 zegabytes) of unique new data created worldwide in 2015

Candy Crush – 7.6 million users per

day

This is more than in previous 5,000 years

Amount of new technical information is doubling

every 2 years.

For students starting a 4 year technical or college degree – 1st

year of study will be outdated by their 3rd

year of study

Lets Look At A Few Recent Developments Over The Past 20

Years…

• Google – 1998 ($498 billion)

• xBox – 2002 (Microsoft - $460 billion)

• FaceBook – 2004 ($350 billion)

• YouTube – 2005 ($400 billion)

• Twitter – 2006 ($16 billion)

• iPhone – 2007 (Apple - $605 billion)

• Uber – 2009 ($62.5 billion)

• iPad – 2010 (Apple - $605 billion)

• Pinterest – 2010 ($11 billion)

• Snapchat – 2011 ($20 billion)

So, What World We Trying To Prepare Our

Students For?

1st time in history – we have 4 generations working

alongside each other – who are all very different in the

way they grew up

Today’s learners will have 10-14

jobs (38 years old)

Using technologies that haven't yet been invented

We’re currently preparing our students for jobs that don’t exist

To solve problems we don’t even know

about yet

• Digital Marketing

• Social Media manager

• App Design

• Blogger (Slide 25)

• Cloud Service Specialist

• UBER Driver

• Big Data Analyst

• Drone Operator

• Tele Surgeon

• Nostalgist

• Re-Wilder

• Simplicity Expert

• Garbage Designer

• Robot Counsellor

• Solar Technology Specialist

Jobs That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago

Jobs For 2030

Who Are These?1. Pew Die Pie

2. Ronan Atwood

3. Lily Singh

4. SMOSH

5. Tyler Oakley

Highest earning Bloggers 2016

1. Pew Die Pie ($15) – 50 mill. viewers

2. Ronan Atwood ($8) – 10 mill. viewers

3. Lily Singh ($7.5) – 10 mill. viewers

4. SMOSH ($7) – 22 mill. viewers

5. Tyler Oakley ($6) – 8 mill. viewers

What Skills Will Our Students Need?

• Collaboration & Teamwork

• Creativity & Imagination

• Critical Thinking

• Problem Solving

• Global Citizenship

(Partnership For 21st Century Living, 2009)

So, What Does All This Mean For Us As

Educators?

• Most countries throughout the world are currently trying to refine their educational systems:

– 21st Century

– Maintain cultural identity

• Problem – trying to do this by keeping what they’ve always had.

Current Educational System

• Industrial Revolution

• Driven by the economic importance of the time

• Designed around the ‘intellectual model of the mind’ –academic and non-academic

Today’s Schools – Factory Model

• Ringing bells

• Separate facilities, departments, rooms

• Separate subjects

• Students grouped according to date of ‘manufacture,

Divergent Thinking

• Look at ways to interpret thinking• See lots of possible answers• Lateral thinking• Think outside of the box• Lateral Thinking Activities• ‘The Little Book Of Thunks’

1. Get over the idea that education is academic, non-academic, abstract, theoretical – this is a myth!

2. Realise that effective learning happens in a range of group settings.

3. Look at the culture that we’re creating in our schools.

So Where Do We Go From Here?

What Can We Look At Specifically?

Curriculum

Pedagogy

Learning Environment

Assessment

Curriculum

• Holistic – Subject & Learning Skills

• Balanced – Academic Vs Creative Vs Physical

• Contextualized – Relevant

• Identify & Develop Students Strengths

• Support Students In Areas For Improvement

Pedagogy

• Become the ‘Lazy Teacher’ -student ownership

• Think outside the box(https://youtu.be/C1yYB85ArHE?list=PL87hcZRf9p6Bcr3ZJQyIjGDFgv2038NDj)

• Put the ‘Fun’ into learning(https://youtu.be/2lXh2n0aPyw?list=PL87hcZRf9p6Bcr3ZJQyIjGDFgv2038NDj)

• Provide opportunities for different groupings

• ‘Just In Case Learning’ Vs ‘Just In Time Learning’

• Teach students ‘how’ to think

Learning Environment

• Where could our students end up working?

So What Are The Implications For The

Way In Which We Develop Our

Classroom Learning Environments?

Assessment

• Summative often marginalises many students (https://youtu.be/D-eVF_G_p-Y)

• Develop independently reflective students –peer and self assessment

Where is Matt?

https://youtu.be/zlfKdbWwruY