5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
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5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
- 1. TEDx Creative Coast 5 Ideas for the 21st Century School Let Children Solve Real World Problems by Mark Finnern
- 3. Future of Education Salon with John Taylor Gatto
- 4. High School Why ? Drop Out Rate 46% Boring!C ontent NOT Relevant!
- 6. NASA Test: Percentage of Geniuses in Divergent Thinking 98% 100% 80% 60% 40% 32% 20% 10% 0% 2% 3 to 5 Years 8 to 10 Years 13 to 15 Years 25+ Years
- 7. Kid draws Bird from Experience and Memory These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
- 8. Same Kid gets asked to color a Workbook for Math These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
- 9. Birds drawn after the Stereotyping Math exercise These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
- 10. 5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
- 11. Idea #1 Let Children Solve Real World Problems
- 12. Skillpoint Alliance: Velocity Prep • 4-week summer program • Teams of 20 students form a consulting company; • Work with an actual client; • Create an innovative solution to a real-world problem; • Present their designs & solutions to the client;
- 13. Idea #2 Let Children Select Which Problem They Want to Tackle!
- 14. Idea #3 Wikipedia Style Transparent Problem Solving
- 15. Idea #4 Public Handover of the Solution
- 17. Greatest Gift?
- 19. Join Us! Awakening Our Schools! http://aliveschools.org
Editor's Notes
- Greatest gift to our children?
- John Taylor Gatto http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/bookstore/index.htm
- 8.1% of all students in 2008 dropped out of High School #1 reason: School is boring and not relevant http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-05/us/dropout.rate.study_1_dropouts-enrollment-graduations/2?_s=PM:US 1.2 million public US high school students drop out every year
- Well, our autonomous cars have now been test-driven (or rather, test-ridden) for more than 200,000 mI can’t wait to take my mind off the bumper of the car in front of me. ----- Meeting Notes (5/17/12 02:46) -----paperclip
- NASA created a test to check their scientists and engineers regarding lateral thinking. Aka out of the box thinking. Results of 1,600 children of ages 3 to 5 years where given 8 tests on divergent thinking. 98% scored in the creative genius categoryNASAtested his engineers and scientists whether they have divergent thinking. ----- Meeting Notes (5/17/12 02:46) -----stereotyping
- These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109Jenn Taylor 2011
- These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain. Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109http://people.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/11-13-01/Effects-of-Stereotypes.html
- 5 ideas to set a framework for the 21st century schooling
- Skill Point Alliance www.skillpointalliance.org
- From day one share publically:Problem Probable Solution Progress: Budget, Project Status, TimelineLessons learned
- Skill point alliance …
- Google 20% projects
- Howard Thurman: Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Schools based on Standardized Tests create standardized People ill equipped for the magical super changing world of creativity.
- Side comment: You know! That a handful of dedicated Moms can close down every school!