Dr Chris YappChris_yapp@hotmail.co.uk

My agendaThe status of teachingPersonalising LearningThe Roles that Teachers playDeveloping the WorkforceMy wish list

What’s the problem?Those who can doThose who can’t teachThose who can’t teach consultThose who can’t consult reportThose who can’t report auditThose who can’t audit politic…..

Teaching as a Noble Vocation?No-one ever forgets a good teacherTeaching is the profession that creates all

othersTeachers change the future one pupil at a

timeTo teach is to touch a life forever…

Mark Twain

“ I never allowedMy schooling toInterfere with myEducation”

Teacher Assessment

“ It doesn’t matter what he does, he’ll never make anything of himself ”

Head teacher of Albert Einstein

His response...

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

Those who teach can!

Teachers 1.0 2.0 3.0

Dates pre-1976 1976-2008 2008-?

Status variable variable High

Accountability Low High High

Trust variable Low High

Performance variable improving High

My own moments

1 + 1 = 21 + 1= 101 + 1 = 11

2001, A Space Odyssey

A hypothesis?Learning always has been and always will

be a personalised experienceIt is the organisation of education that has

been impersonalThe impediment has been economic

scaleabilityTechnology is making personalisation

achievable at scaleThe art and craft of the teacher has been to balance the needs of the learner and the system

Plato"Do not train a child to

learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

Apr 11, 2023

Plus ca change?

TeacherSurgeonTrain Driver…

The Changing Pattern of Education Traditional Phases

Education Training Work Retirement

Lifelong LearningEducation

Training

Work

Retirement

Values of the Information Society?Competitiveness with social inclusionRisk: management over minimisationLifelong Learning for allSocial Innovation over Technological Innovation“Smallish” is beautifulParticipation over representationInterdependence over independenceValue-added with values

IT and Globalisation

Minimum skill set for a living wage risingDemand for low-skilled workers fallingRate of change of skill needs increasingState budgets under pressureIncreased demands for creativity, innovation,

design and personal/inter-personal skills

The Biggest Mistake

New Teacher=Old Teacher+IT

Learning on DemandPersonalised, mass-customisationUser-driven qualityTeamwork-oriented teaching and learningExams and Qualifications?Administration built-in not bolted-on to

teaching and learning processes

This implies…

A Culture of Lifelong LearningAccess to lifelong learningContent to support individual lifelong

learnersA social context for lifelong learning

Community

Community Learning Networks

Schools

And

Colleges

Libraries

Cultural

centres

Leisure

Centres

Home

Office

Schools

And

Colleges

As the hubs

Of Connected

Learning

Communities

NETWORK

Remember…

“It takes a village to educate a child”

Let me tell you a story....

First day at school...Parental learning contract

Raymond Williams

Education for..UnderstandingAdapting to changeAuthorship of change

A Learner in her life plays many parts..

StudentTeacherLibrarian/CuratorResearcherAssessorCounsellorParent……

Teacher RolesSubject matter expertLearning resources

manager/Researcher/LibrarianLearning coachEducational administratorStaff development managerCurriculum agentCounsellor: personal, career, social

Re-engineering the TeacherITTEarly Professional DevelopmentContinuous Professional DevelopmentAction Research - sabbaticalsTeaching roles and specialisationJoined-up professions

Organisation of early years teaching..Lower teacher/pupil relation at early years,

but target to achieve independent learner earlier

IT suites inappropriate?Greater use of public librariesHigher teacher/pupil ratio later

Sir Christopher Ball’s suggestion: ideal teacher pupil ratio is twice the child’s age

Learning as if the Brain mattered

Multiple intelligence theoryLearning stylesEQ and IQBrain functioning

Special Educational NeedsAll children have special educational

needsTechnology offers the potential to take the

‘dis’ out of disabilityThe potential will only be realised by

commitment to research and implementation of successful pilots

New teaching and learning skills?

Head of School

Head of Teaching

and Learning

Head ofCommunity

Head of Assessment

Head ofResources

Head ofStaff

Development

This implies..Teacher as lifelong learnerTeaching roles increasingly diverseLearning as a social experienceTeaching as a research-based professionTeaching and Learning team basedRich assessment systems for teachers and

learnersPersonalised curriculum for teachers and

learnersFocus on social inclusionGlobalisation/ localisation of learning

So my wishlist

A “Hippocratic” oath for the teaching profession

GTC to become a General Learning Council,GLCGLC membership to influence/direct some/all of

Educational Research Budget“Teaching Schools”School Leaving Age to be lowered to 14 with 4

extra years between 14 and 25 guaranteed for all