Apresentação do Prof. Marc Prensky no evento "Educação 360 Tecnologia"

EDUCATING TODAY’S DIGITAL NATIVES
— AND EMPOWERING THEM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Marc Prensky
Educação 360 Technology International Education Meeting,
Rio de Janeiro, August 2017

Requires not just trying to fix
our current education incrementally,
but instead making a…

CIVILIZATION-LEVEL CHANGE IN EDUCATION
UNLEASHING THE POWER OF OUR 21ST CENTURY KIDS
Marc Prensky

To get the slides:
marcprensky@gmail.com

The kids who are already students today
will go through
our current education systems
—with perhaps some incremental improvements…

How much will his
world
have changed in
20 years?

Our kids need to
get to the future…

…NOT equipped
for the world of
yesterday where WE
grew up…

…but equipped
with the skills and
experiences
that will empower them
to
function
and thrive…

…in the new, and very different context…

They need our
help to become
the people
THEY need and
want to be…

…and not just the people WE want them to be.

So how do
we best prepare our
kids
for the future?

How do we prepare
them
to thrive in
a new and different
world?

How do we
UNLEASH THE
POWER
of these 21st century
kids?

RE-IMAGINE EDUCATION
PRE-K —> GRAD SCHOOL
We have to

VISION OF A NEW, DIFFERENT
AND BETTER EDUCATION
With a

BETTER FITS THE KIDS
OF TOMORROW
That

BETT Latin America, Mexico City, October 9, 2017
UNLEASHES THEIR NEW POWER!
And that

What I want to do here
is give you

A look at that
NEW VISION
of what education
will become…

First, a
New Perspective on
THE WORLD

THE WORLD IS CHANGING
MUCH FASTER THAN YOU THINK!

OUR WORLD IS ALREADY
EVOLVING INCREDIBLY RAPIDLY, WITH …

Apps
Robotics
Engagement
Synthetic biology
Networks and computing
Computer science
Crowd sourcing
3D Printing
Devices
Nanotech
Gaming
Telecom
Privacy & Security
Social Networking
Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Reality
Materials science
Big Data
Mobile
IT
The convergence of many new technologies:

Increased
VOLATILITY
Increased
UNCERTAINTY
Increased
COMPLEXITY
Increased
AMBIGUITY

WE’LL BE PREPARING
KIDS FOR A VERY
DIFFERENT WORLD

AND,
WE’LL BE PREPARING
DIFFERENT KIDS

their
Technology is giving them
SO MANY NEW CAPABILITIES that

Our kids are no longer
The people WE were in school

Our kids are
FAR MORE
EMPOWERED
than in the past

They are quickly
becoming people with

They can collaborate
In totally new ways!

They’re
ALREADY EMPOWERED
to…

Act
Accomplish
Become
Build
Create
Fix
Help
Improve
Inspire
Join together
Preserve
Share
Teach
Learn
IN NEW AND BETTER WAYS
.

Primary school kids
mapping the brain with
Eyewire

12-year-old girls 3D-
printing
custom prosthetic
hands, using the
Internet to find kids
who need them

High school kids
creating APPS to:
-reduce police abuse
-reduce bullying
-reduce domestic
violence

AND THAT’S JUST
THE BEGINNING!

Education needs to take
MUCH BETTER
advantage of this!

Today, our kids are:
• Disrespected
• Underappreciated
• Underestimated

“extended brains,
all networked together”

How do we prepare
these newly-
empowered kids…

to thrive, with their
NEW CAPABILITIES

How do we
UNLEASH THE POWER
of these 21st century kids?

We need to think about
education
IN A NEW WAY

NOT JUST
“what we can add on
incrementally,
while keeping the old?”
but

of a
NEW, DIFFERENT,
AND BETTER EDUCATION

that
BETTER FITS THE KIDS
OF TOMORROW!

And it’s already emerging!
But…

There is a HUGE WALL between
A new
and better
education
Our current
education

A new
and better
education
Our current
education
Technology
Soc-Emo
School Choice
Standards
Small classes
21ST C. Skills
Our current efforts are not getting us through

A new
and better
education
Our current
education
NEW
PERSPECTIVES
What WILL get us through are

1. Ends
2. Means
3. Curriculum
4. Teaching
5. Technology
5 NEW PERSPECTIVES ON HOW
EDUCATION IS CHANGING

1.
A New Perspective on
THE ENDS OF EDUCATION

The ends of “Education”
are changing…

from:
earning grades in
subjects

Today,
we continue to ask our kids for

Academic Achievement
Success in the current system
Knowledge of subjects
College readiness

But in the future,
we will be asking our kids to

MAKE THEIR WORLD
A BETTER PLACE!

• Help their local physical community
• Help the less fortunate
• Help build and repair infrastructure
• Directly assist peers or others
• Help preserve our history and legacy
• Assist with government functions
• Do public service
• Add new information to the world’s
knowledge and databases
KIDS CAN ALREADY, IN FAR MORE POWERFUL WAYS:

OUR KIDS ARE
ALREADY
DOING THIS
AND WANT TO DO
MORE!

“We want to change
the world”

“We want to improve
the world”

Important groups and individuals
are starting to get on board

International Baccalaureate (IBO)
“At our heart we are
motivated by a mission
to create a better world
through education.”

Ashoka
“We want to ensure that
every young person
knows they can change
the world for the better—
and does so”

Michael Fullan
“Education's emerging role
is
DEVELOPING HUMANITY.”

THE FUTURE ENDS OF EDUCATING OUR
KIDS
IS FOR THEM TO
BETTER THEIR WORLD
and
become good, effective,
world-improving people

Better
Students
THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ENDS
A
BETTER
WORLD
NEW
PERSPECTIVE

Getting
good
grades
THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ENDS
BECOMING
Good, effective,
world-improving
people
NEW
PERSPECTIVE

2.
New Perspective on
THE MEANS OF EDUCATION

We need to focus our kids
LESS on “LEARNING”
And MORE on
“ACCOMPLISHMENT”

LEARNING IS NOT THE GOAL
OF EDUCATION,
LEARNING IS A MEANS
and there is a BETTER means:

The best predictor of
future accomplishment
IS PAST ACCOMPLISHMENT

KIDS +
CONTENT
LEARNING
“IMPROVED”
PEOPLE
(INTELLECTUALLY)
IMPROVED
WORLD
(MAYBE, SOMEDAY)
The “Old” Way: Today’s “Academic” Paradigm
BIG
BET
IMPROVING THE WORLD
THROUGH EDUCATION

KIDS +
REAL-WORLD
PROBLEMS
KIDS’
SOLUTIONS
(+ LEARNING)
IMPROVED
WORLD
(NOW)
EMPOWERED
WORLD-IMPROVING
PEOPLE
(FOREVER)
The New Way – Tomorrow’s Paradigm
+
IMPROVING THE WORLD
THROUGH EDUCATION

Individuals
Grades & rankings
Personal success
Teams
World-improving
projects
Real-world results
THE CHANGE IS FROM A FOCUS ON
TO
PERSONAL
ACHIEVEMENT
REAL-WORLD
ACCOMPLISHMENT

“Learning in
advance”
Courses
Discussions
Tests
THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON MEANS
REAL-WORLD
ACCOMPLISH-
MENT
NEW
PERSPECTIVE

Made-up
Problems
REAL-WORLD
PROJECTS
THAT SOLVE
REAL PROBLEMS
THE NEW PESPECTIVE ON MEANS
NEW
PERSPECTIVE

This works far better
for our future kids, AND…

It works far better for their future employers…

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN
GET THINGS DONE
It works far better for their future employers…

A 6-year-old first grader starts a
foundation to dig clean water wells
(Ryan’s Wells)

9-year-olds design a new water park
with local architects

11-year-olds do government-mandated
environmental reports

An 11-year-old is one of the world’s top
cryptographers

16-year olds start and grow
world-improving companies
(“Color My World”)

Teens restore
historic artifacts

High school kids build
super-computers

High school kids do
government water testing

3.
CURRICULUM

WE NEED TO GO BEYOND
SUBJECTS
Math
Language
Science
Social Studies
and even “topics”

TO THE LIFE-LONG SKILLS
ALL PEOPLE NEED

Effective
THINKING
Effective
ACTION
Effective
RELATIONSHIPS
Effective, Real-World
ACCOMPLISHMENT
and especially

We all come from the
“thinking” tradition of
ACADEMIA

THINKING
ACTION
RELATIONSHIPS
ACCOMPLISHMENT
SCHOOLSWORKPLACES
THE TWO GREAT TRADITIONS OF EDUCATION:
THE
“ACCOMPLISHMENT”
TRADITION
THE
“ACADEMIC”
TRADITION

Thinking
even critical thinking and problem
solving—rarely leads to success
UNLESS
it is combined with effective action,
relationships and accomplishment

It’s time to put the two
traditions back together

into a curriculum of
generalized skills,
SUPPORTING
REAL-WORLD ACCOMPLISHMENT

Reading
Mathematical
Thinking
Understanding
written
communication
Writing
Research
Critical
Thinking?
Scientific
Thinking?
Citizenship?
SKILLS TAUGHT
SYSTEMATICALLY
TODAY
In terms of skills, today’s global K-12 curriculum is
INCREDIBLY NARROW

The skill range all
kids need is
FAR BROADER…

…and almost all those skills are
NOT TAUGHT SYSTEMATICALY
TODAY

Problem-Solving
- individual
- collaborative
Curiosity & Questioning
Creative Thinking
Design Thinking
Integrative Thinking
Systems Thinking
Financial Thinking
Inquiry/Argument
Judgment
Transfer
Aesthetics
Habits of Mind
Positive Mindset
Self-knowledge of
- Passions
- Strengths
Stress control
Focus
Contemplation &
Meditation
Habits of Highly
Effective People
Agility
Adaptability
Leadership & followership
Decision Making under
uncertainty
Experimentation
Prudent Risk-taking
Reality testing / feedback
Patience
Resilience
“Grit”
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Improvisation & Ingenuity
Strategy & Tactics
Breaking barriers
Project management
Programming machines
Video making
Innovating w/future tech
Communication and
Collaborating
- One-on-one
- in teams
- in families
- in communities
- at work
- online
- in virtual communities
Listening
Networking
Relationship building
Empathy
Courage
Compassion
Tolerance
Ethics
Politics
Conflict Resolution
Negotiation
Coaching/being coached
Peer-to-peer
Effective
ACTION
Effective
THINKING
Effective
RELATIONSHIPS

Problem solving
(collaborative & individual)

Self-Knowledge of one’s
• Passions
• Strengths

Habits of Highly Effective People

Decision-making
under uncertainty

Innovating with
Future Technologies

EFFECTIVE
RELATION-
SHIP
SKILLS

Collaborating & Communicating
One-on-one

In teams

In communities

In families

At work

Online

In virtual worlds

With machines

Should any of those skills
NOT BE PART
of our kids’ education?

We have to
start all our kids
on their life-long acquisition

Yet we DON’T have to teach
them all in classes

THINKING
ACTING
RELATING
ACCOMPLISHING
Traditional Subjects
+ “Topics”
NEW
PERSPECTIVE
LIFE-LONG SKILLS
OF
THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON CURRICULUM

THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON CURRICULUM
Learning skills
In advance,
in “courses”
SKILLS ACQUIRED
AS NEEDED FOR
ACCOMPLISHMENT
OVER A LIFETIME
NEW
PERSPECTIVE

4.
TEACHING

AWAY FROM
“content delivery”

TO COACHING
and
EMPOWERMENT

What our kids need from teachers
in the future is

• Our respect and trust
• Help in applying their passion to projects
that improve their world
• Independence
• For us to believe in them

“She showed me I could
take my dreams as seriously
as I wanted”
James FrancoEsther Wojcicki and James Franco

THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON “TEACHING”
Content
Delivery
COACHING
and
EMPOWER-
MENT
NEW
PERSPECTIVE

5.
TECHNOLOGY

From using technology
to do “the same things in new ways”
to
USING TECHNOLOGY POWERFULLY TO
IMPROVE THE WORLD

Writing
ARE KIDS USING TECHNOLOGY FOR:
Searching
Research
Calculating
THINGS WE CAN
ALREADY DO?
Watching
Robotics

Writing
ARE KIDS USING TECHNOLOGY FOR:
Real-time Connection
Searching Creating Useful Apps
Research Doing Complex Analyses
Calculating Creating Simulations
THINGS WE CAN
ALREADY DO?
NEW &
POWERFUL
THINGS!
Watching Making Video
Robotics
OR
FOR

THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON TECHNOLOGY
Same old things
in new ways
HELPING
KIDS
IMPROVE
THEIR
WORLD
NEW
PERSPECTIVE

Our kids are already
starting to improve their world
on their own…

…our job is to make them
even more powerful!

More and more
kids, teachers and schools
are starting to see

that in order to thrive and succeed
in the third millennium

our newly empowered kids
REQUIRE A
DIFFERENT EDUCATION

A REAL-WORLD
ACCOMPLISHMENT-BASED
education,
whose ends are
to “better their world”
and “improve humanity”

The new education,
is already starting to emerge
around the globe.

We don’t yet have
a fully-agreed-upon name
for this new education,
But I call it…

• ourselves
• our colleagues
• our parents
• our communities and leaders
What we need to do now is to convince
that this is the way to go

In essentials, unity.
In all else, liberty.
In all things charity.
— St Augustine

The UNITY lies in the
overarching principle:
The ends of education
are to better our world
and improve humanity

The LIBERTY comes
in the many ways,
around the world,
that people will make that happen

The CHARITY comes
in the more positive
and more respectful way
we are starting to view
our newly-empowered kids

To find what works best
in each place and for each kid…

“Don’t
experiment
with MY kid!”

It would be
IRRESPONSIBLE of us
NOT to experiment...

…FROM THE WORLD IN WHICH
WE—TODAY’S ADULTS—GREW UP

…and we have yet to figure out
how to prepare kids
for that context!

So we must
all experiment together!

An education that more deeply
combines our academic and
accomplishment traditions

An education
that more deeply
integrates them into
helping their
local and global communities

Our future kids need
an education
that

• Independence and Self-confidence
• Self-knowledge and Applied Passion
• A strong sense of
how they fit into the future

And we need to help PARENTS
understand how to support these
newly-empowered kids

THE NEW EDUCATION
IS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS
because it provides them with
what they need for their future

THE NEW EDUCATION
IS BETTER FOR ALL OF US
because it liberates huge amounts of
unused potential to improve our
communities and our world

The new education our kids need
DOESN’T FULLY EXIST ANYWHERE
today, but…

WE ARE, TODAY,
ON THE
GROUND FLOOR

I’m a huge optimist
about the future of education…

because I'm a huge optimist
about today’s kids!

So here are the “New ABCs”
for their future education:

CONTINUE
Through creativity
and collaboration, to
The “NEW ABCs” of Education
BECOME
A good, effective,
world-improving person
ACCOMPLISH
Projects that improve
your world

And here is what you can do
as a teacher or administrator:

Connect EVERY KID
with a
Real-world project…

…that has a
Measurable Positive Impact
on their world!

Get the slides::
marcprensky@gmail.com

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