Mick Purcell, head of school at KC High, discusses designing a pre-K through 12 learning experience. He questions whether boards of examinations are sufficient for imparting 21st century skills and whether they are still required since most schools are affiliated with at least one board. Purcell explores how to best assess if learners are acquiring difficult to measure skills, and whether exam results are still important. He addresses applying educational reform and 21st century skills in an Indian context.

1. Designing a
Learner
Experience
Mick Purcell,
head of school, KC High
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July 20, 2017
Intellect Design
Together with
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2. Which boards, either Indian or international, are
you familiar with?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

3. “Board" is short for "Board of Examinations." Why is a Board
insufficient for imparting 21st Century skills?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

4. Most of our schools are affiliated with at least one
Board. Why is a Board still required?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

5. Which 21st Century skills do today's
students need to learn?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

6. How can we best assess whether learners are acquiring
these skills, which are difficult to measure with exam results?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

7. Are exam results still important?
Why or why not?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

8. How can we put educational reform and 21st
century skills into the Indian context?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

9. What is meant by:
"designing a learner experience?"
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

10. What is meant by:
"designing a learner experience?"
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

11. How can concepts such as "design thinking",
"empathy", “prototyping” "UX", etc. help school
leaders improve the quality of education?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

12. How has the information age, including the internet
and social media, disrupted school learning?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience

13. What are the philosophical principles that drive the
design of a modern pre-K through 12 school?
Designing a pre-K through 12 Learning Experience