YES! I am so glad educators are talking about revamping the current education process - the process of training our youth to grow up and working factories for big corporate structures.
It's time our education process is inspired by the times in which we live. I am grafeful this is finally being paid over due attention.
Also thank you for citing Dr. Ellen Weber's blog - a terrific find for my research today.
Steve Roesler
· 1 year ago
Melody, glad you took time to have a look.
When you think about business--small or large--and how young people are being prepared, or not--then you've got to look at whether or not the education community is looking long and hard at its effectiveness.
Thanks for stopping by and taking time to weigh in.
Jo
· 1 year ago
Good watch! Somewhere, I forget where, I saw that knowledge is replacing itself every 2 years and that interval will drop in our children's lifetime to 15min. Personally, I have stopped regarding 'taking stuff off the internet' as plagiarism. Kids understand that 95% of stuff on the web is recycled with a broken telephone effect - the skill is finding out what is valid and useful with rigor that is relevant to the task in hand. Kids also know about ownership and provenance and respect both. The job of educators is to work out the new rule set and what needs to be communicated.
I thought I should make two important points about schools.
Firstly, don't tar the good schools with the reality of the bad. Many of the schools that have existed are just plain bad. They have plenty of opportunity to provide growth opportunities and community within their current structures. Personally, I suspect a 'class system' operates - the expectation about where the children will 'land up' is being communicated. To abuse David Whyte, any school that does not bring you alive is too small for you. I suspect that deciding which school to retain for our children is one of top 10 most important decisions we make in our lives. Be choosy! Very choosy! Caveat emptor. Buyer beware. This is the only industry in the world where not only do you not get your money back - if you do not like the service, you or your kids rather, have failed!
Secondly, I taught a +850 class and I was often asked why we didn't just go a 100% IT route. The answer is that a lecture hall of 400 is a social experience. It is better than sitting in your room alone. It was an important insight for me that my job was to provide a social experience.
Having said that, off today to an 'unconference' - one of my 'presentations' - managing the community behind social media and the irrelevance of commonly-used metrics!
Steve Roesler
· 1 year ago
Thanks, Jo,
When you get back, be sure to tell us how the audience enjoyed a presentation on irrelevance:-)
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It's time our education process is inspired by the times in which we live. I am grafeful this is finally being paid over due attention.
Also thank you for citing Dr. Ellen Weber's blog - a terrific find for my research today.
When you think about business--small or large--and how young people are being prepared, or not--then you've got to look at whether or not the education community is looking long and hard at its effectiveness.
Thanks for stopping by and taking time to weigh in.
I thought I should make two important points about schools.
Firstly, don't tar the good schools with the reality of the bad. Many of the schools that have existed are just plain bad. They have plenty of opportunity to provide growth opportunities and community within their current structures. Personally, I suspect a 'class system' operates - the expectation about where the children will 'land up' is being communicated. To abuse David Whyte, any school that does not bring you alive is too small for you. I suspect that deciding which school to retain for our children is one of top 10 most important decisions we make in our lives. Be choosy! Very choosy! Caveat emptor. Buyer beware. This is the only industry in the world where not only do you not get your money back - if you do not like the service, you or your kids rather, have failed!
Secondly, I taught a +850 class and I was often asked why we didn't just go a 100% IT route. The answer is that a lecture hall of 400 is a social experience. It is better than sitting in your room alone. It was an important insight for me that my job was to provide a social experience.
Having said that, off today to an 'unconference' - one of my 'presentations' - managing the community behind social media and the irrelevance of commonly-used metrics!
When you get back, be sure to tell us how the audience enjoyed a presentation on irrelevance:-)