Assuming complexity:
   education as an ecosystem and its
implications on the development of the
 student’s communicative competence

            Fernando Trujillo Sáez
           Universidad de Granada
http://deestranjis.blogspot.com
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/
webportal/web/proyecto-linguistico-centro/
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Una dedicatoria
Gracias, Mercè
Some previous
 statements...
But...
Education is an
unresolved practice.
We work in movement.
The school is a living ecosystem.
Education is
performance.
And CLIL?
"Interdisciplinarity is not the calm of
an easy security; it begins effectively ...
     when the solidarity of the old
   disciplines breaks down ... in the
 interests of a new object and a new
language neither of which has a place
in the field of the sciences that were
  to be brought peacefully together."

Roland Barthes, "From work to text", 1971
CLIL is a new (but
consolidated) object:
  a new language.
How do we get
engaged in something
     like CLIL?
The Dual Factor Theory
                           Hygiene factors
Motivators leading to
                             leading to
    satisfaction
                           dissatisfaction
                             Company policy
     Achievement
                                Supervision
      Recognition
                          Relationship with boss
      Work itself
                             Work conditions
     Responsibility
                                   Salary
     Advancement
                          Relationship with peers
       Growth
                                  Security

               Frederick Herzberg
TO
SAY
      DISSATIS
NO
      FACTION
CLIL has become a motivator
    for many teachers.
Reinforcing the motivator
         Achievement
          Recognition
          Work itself
         Responsibility
         Advancement
           Growth

  provides satisfaction.
How can we reinforce
  the motivator?
How can we reinforce the
         motivator?
Focusing on effective teaching.
Let me explain myself!
How do you open your
  classroom’s door?
Are you a push
or a pull educator?
Do not apply Theory!
Change your Practice!
Personal practice,
collective practice.
The Hacker Ethic
Features of
innovation-for-adoption
  • advantage
                                 • originality
  • compatibility
                                 • explicitness
  • trialability
                                 • status
  • observability
Waters, A. 2009. Managing innovation in English language
     education. Language Teaching, 42: 4, 421-458.
lasemanadelosproyectos.es
A week for projects
   every three months

(6 x 3) + (4 x 3) = 30
30 projects in a     to develop key
student’s school    skills (& measure
     time          their development).
Key
Skills
Key
                      Skills
Tasks & Integrated
Projects Curriculum
Key
                                      Skills
              Tasks & Integrated
              Projects Curriculum

Cooperative      Digital &          Rich
 Learning      Media Literacy   Socialization
Key
                                           Skills
                   Tasks & Integrated
                   Projects Curriculum

     Cooperative      Digital &          Rich
      Learning      Media Literacy   Socialization



Gaming and                   Entrepre-        Service-
             Research
 Creative                    neurship         Learning
             Projects
 Projects                     Projects        Projects
Key
                                           Skills
                   Tasks & Integrated
                   Projects Curriculum

     Cooperative      Digital &          Rich
      Learning      Media Literacy   Socialization


             The New Realms of CLIL
Gaming and               Entrepre-            Service-
             Research
 Creative                 neurship            Learning
              Projects
 Projects                 Projects            Projects
Gaming & Creative
    Projects
Rethinking Learning: The 21st
      Century Learner
      MacArthur Foundation




      http://youtu.be/c0xa98cy-Rw
Rethinking Learning: The 21st
      Century Learner
      MacArthur Foundation




      http://youtu.be/c0xa98cy-Rw
And Gaming?
James Paul Gee on Video Games,
     Learning and Literacy




       http://youtu.be/LNfPdaKYOPI
James Paul Gee on Video Games,
     Learning and Literacy




       http://youtu.be/LNfPdaKYOPI
Research Projects
The case of Rois:
Laura & María’s experiment




      http://youtu.be/rF0vOfVQ-Ig
The case of Rois:
Laura & María’s experiment




      http://youtu.be/rF0vOfVQ-Ig
The case of Rois:
Laura & María’s experiment




   http://youtu.be/PMubjbRTb_o
The case of Rois:
Laura & María’s experiment




   http://youtu.be/PMubjbRTb_o
Service-Learning
    Projects
Service-Learning:
Turning ideas into action




     http://youtu.be/4JE_zmCUDtg
Service-Learning:
Turning ideas into action




     http://youtu.be/4JE_zmCUDtg
Entrepreneurship
    Projects
Entrepreneurship Education at
     School in Europe. National
      Strategies, Curricula and
        Learning Outcomes.
      Eurydice, March 2012.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/documents/
          education-training-entrepreneurship/
Social Entrepreneurship
      is the future




    http://youtu.be/G-MHXdYs8b8
Social Entrepreneurship
      is the future




    http://youtu.be/G-MHXdYs8b8
How can these new
realms be explored?
Guidelines

 School      Administration   University


  School      Guidance &
                                Open
(Language)   resources for
                              Knowledge
  Project     Innovation
Guidelines

 School      Administration   University


  School      Guidance &
                                Open
(Language)   resources for
             COOPERATION
                              Knowledge
  Project     Innovation
The School
Language Project
What is the SLP?


      • The Administration’s
       perspective
Administration’s
  perspective


       The SLP as a map
What is the SLP?


• From the
 school’s
 perspective
The School’s
perspective


      The SLP as a tool
Possibilities
 Competence-          Inclusive
driven teaching      education
 Integrated
                        CLIL
 Curriculum
                     European
      ICT
                      projects
Community-bound projects

http://proyectolinguisticodecentro.es
Universities can cooperate
     provinding OER
    (Open Educational
       Resources).
“Opening knowledge in education goes a
step beyond opening our classroom doors
    to colleagues. It involves cocreating,
   experimenting, reflecting, sharing, and
reusing accumulated ideas and knowledge
       about teaching and learning”.

Cheryl R. Richardson. 2008. “Open Educational Knowledge: More
  than Opening the Classroom Door”. Opening Up Education.
             Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, pg. 279
Education at University:
from focus on citation to focus
  on local impact & network.
Change must be
   desired.
Change must be
   gradual.
Yes, we can!
What will
you do next
 Monday?
“Change cannot
 be imported”.

  Joumana Haddad,
 I killed Sherezade.
Never walk alone.
El camino lo vamos
        a hacer todos juntos.

 We will build
   the 21st
century school
   together.
Will you join us?
Thanks!
Assuming complexity: school as an ecosystem and its implications for the development of students' communicative competence

Assuming complexity: school as an ecosystem and its implications for the development of students' communicative competence