Keynote Presentation - Dale Stephens

Ha c k in g YourEducation D a le J .S te p he ns

I’m Dale

source: John Stephens

photo of parents source: John Stephens

unschooling AGency

summer hill3 million copies 1960-1973

picture of book like THE HOMEWORK MYTH

Homeschool ≠ Unschooling

Do we trust people’s innate capacity to be curious?

Unschooling > Public School

picture of schoolI should also make it clear that weunschoolers all at one time or another triedout elements of school.

Could I get into university? College admissions

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Accepted MOVIE cover

“After a long life, and 30 years inpublic schools, I’ve concluded thatgenius is as common as dirt. Wesuppresses genius only because wehaven’t yet figured out how tomanage a population of educatedmen and women.”-John Taylor Gatto

W o rk i n g-class ch i ld re nle arn i n g o u tsi d e o f sch o o l—te rm e d i n th e stu d y ash o m e sch o o le rs—outpe rforme d u p p e r class-ch i ld re n i n sch o o l o n th e i rA le ve ls an d G C S E s.

picture of mom @ College graduation

picture of california schools

options and Dan Ariely organ donors

Source: US Department of Education

$27,000ge debt upon gradu Source: US Department of Education

credit card debt

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But there’s more!

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

36%showed no improvement36%

source: qwrrty

What about the beer and girls? source: Tyler Driscoll

I prefer guys and champagne.source: Tyler Driscoll

source: vgm8383

decentralization

What does school What does school provide? provide?

Knowledge

L e c tu re s fre e o n lin e

18 m i n u t e t a l k s

V id e o s le s s o n s

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Quora quora -k n o w le d g e

à la c a r t ete xtb o o k s

udacityf r e e o n lin e c ours e s

Community

f in d m e n t o r s

C r e a t e o n lin e c ours e s

c o m m u n it y le a r n in g

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Signal

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c o m p e t e n c y -b a s e d le a r n in g

b u ild y o u r ne tw o rk

F in d a ll t h is a n df o llo w t h e r e v o lu t io n a t: uncollege.org

Academic Ghost town

picture of hackademic camp

u n col l ege gap year

Thank you for liste Find out more at uncollege.org @dalejstephens on Twitter dale@uncollege.o

Learning JournalsWhat are learning journals?

How learning journals work:• Once per day, you review your goals for the day, week, and year.• Write down what you’re going to learn that day• The next day, check if you met those goals.• Repeat the process, and set new goals for the day

What are review boards?Review boards

How review boards work:• Once a week, students get together in groups of four to evaluate progress• Each bring their learning journal, and shares the progress they have made• This produces peer accountability. Students then discuss their goals for the week• The next week, students hold each other accountable for their goals

independent critical thinkers

Efficacy of Peer Tutoring science behind self evaluation

T h e le s s o n :Working with peers in c r e a s e slearning outcomes

Idea: Competency based classrooms Instead of making your students do all classwork, offerthem the option to take the test on day 1. If they past, let them learn more advanced material

Outside deadlines de c re a s e motivation and performance.

Self-imposed deadlines in c r e a s emotivation andperformance.

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