Learning from Extremes OECD Education Public Forum Paris
Learning from Extremes OECD Education, Public Forum, Paris, November 2010 Charles Leadbeater
Your vantage point determines what you can see…
To see the future of education we all go to Finland
But radical innovation usually comes from the margins, entrepreneurs with few resources meeting huge need
Everyone believes in education
Education + technology = hope
But lots of people think education is dysfunctional and fails too many
Most reform starts from the supply side
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Informal
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Improve Informal
Better versions of the schools we have… Increasing productivity, yield, effectiveness…
Good people teaching, well trained, well motivated and supported in the right conditions, measures, accountability
Improve is essential but not enough…
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Reinvent Informal
Creating radically different kinds of school
Learning with and by not to and from
Personalised learning by… Place, Timing, Pace, Space, Curriculum, Assessment
Big schools that feel small Teachers as coaches Pupils as self-reflective protagonists Problem/question oriented learning Collaborative and real world
Philosophy of learning/shared vision Collaborative culture Flexible use of resources Knowledge and information sharing Constant learning
But… There are lots of obstacles and traps on the journey from improve to reform
And… Even that may not get all you need because what happens outside school matters so much
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Supplement
Schools working in conjunction with parents, families, community development
Social and emotional pre-conditions for learning
Aspiration and ambition Cultural change in communities
Challenges… Where do you invest? What people and skills do you need? Are schools the right vehicle?
Mapping education innovation Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Transform
Learning new things in new ways in new settings…often without teachers, schools, textbooks …
Pull not push
Motivation is key: extrinsic and intrinsic
Learning through…
Different people, technologies, places for learning
Learning as making, doing, earning activity
Diffusion Scaling Spreading
Competing and complementary strategies Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Improve Reinvent Supplement Transform
Competing and complementary strategies Location Formal Informal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Improve Supplement System Change Reinvent Transform
Leading: four styles, we need all of them Location Formal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Informal Manager Detail Incremental Total Quality Collaborator Partner Negotiator Campaigner Visionary Designer Adaptive Challenger Hacker Entrepreneur Maverick Renegade
Where learning happens Location Formal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Informal Standard schools Increased enrolments Improved access Communal Homes Work New kinds of schools Learning villages Studio schools Real world Railway stations Cafes
Who leads learning Location Formal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Informal Target Driven Qualified Teachers Parents Mentors Coaches Collaborative teaching Teaching + many other adults Some peer learning Self-organised Light touch coaching Peers
What is learned Location Formal Innovation Type Sustaining Disruptive Content Knowledge National Curriculum Capabilities 21 st Century Skills Informal Resilience Empathy Confidence Self determining Questions not knowledge
All our efforts go into scaling improvement strategies that push learning
To meet the really big needs we need transformative innovation that pulls people to learning because it motivates them and spreads by word of mouth
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