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The document discusses three key issues facing education: lack of student motivation, overuse of technology, and global youth unemployment. It proposes that expanding education to focus on developing student purpose, relationships, and life skills can help address these issues. Strong teacher-student relationships are important for motivation. While technology provides opportunities, overuse can harm well-being, so balance is needed. Providing work experience can help students identify interests and prepare for future careers. The goal is for students to become thriving, purposeful members of society.
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- 1. How can wecan help students discover their interests if they claim they don’t have any?
- 2. FOCUS FOR TODAY HOWCAN WE EDUCATE TO ENSURE PROSPERITY? 1. Technology in learning and life 2. Relationships in learning and life 3. Preparing our students for life beyond school
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- 9. Why Expand Educationwas created 3 PROBLEMS 1. Lack of MOTIVATION 2. TECHNOLOGY USE 3. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS GLOBALLY
- 10. 1. Lack ofmotivation February 2017 Grattan Report found 40% of students regularly disengaged in the classroom The best ways to engage students; • High expectations • Strong teacher-student relationships • Active learning
- 11. 2. Technology use “9.4hours a day on screens VS 7.3 hours sleeping” OPSM Study, 2017, Australia
- 12. 3. Global youthunemployment crisis “Worldwide, young people are three times more likely than their parents to be out of work.” McKinsey & Co. Education to Employment report 2013
- 13. • Each ofour students has a unique plan and is connected with one of our coaches based on their interests, personality and areas of weakness in learning. • In addition to academic excellence and helping students lead their learning our curriculum focuses on; • Developing purpose • Social skills • Community involvement • Financial and digital literacy • Health and Wellbeing We are… BUILDING A LEARNING COMMUNITY POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY Seligman’s PERMA model (Flourish, 2011) Positive emotions Engagement Relationships Meaning Accomplishment TERM BY TERM EVENTS • Open Door Entrepreneurs • Term based tours
- 14. CURRICULUM & LEARNINGMANAGEMENT SYSTEM?
- 15. Our progress andfuture
- 16. FOCUS FOR TODAY 3areas as educators, citizens and parents we need to talk about more and differently ● Technology in learning and life ● Relationships in learning and life ● Preparing our students for life beyond school
- 19. 1. Technology inlearning and life
- 20. Technology in learningand life How can we find balance in a technology driven world and ensure we benefit form the best of technology and achieve a strong quality of life away from screens?
- 22. Knowledge “facts, information, andskills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.” Oxford Dictionary
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- 24. Atrophy of theInsula “A finding of particular concern was damage to an area known as the insula, which is involved in our capacity to develop empathy and compassion for others and our ability to integrate physical signals with emotion.” Victoria Dunckley, 2014
- 27. Waldorf School ofthe Peninsula – Silicon Valley
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- 31. Technology and MentalHealth
- 32. Sleep and technology CognitiveAbility Judgement Behaviour
- 33. Netball (…big inAustralia!) Exercise helps memory, reasoning, attention and problem solving tasks
- 34. What is ourrole as teachers when it comes to technology dependence? - Role model - Role of parents/educating parents - Early intervention
- 37. “ We havethis explosion of information, but where is the parallel explosion of wisdom?”
- 38. 2. Relationships inlearning and life
- 39. Student teacher relationshipsmust help students feel free from threats to be open to learning The reticular activating system (RAS) processes information from our senses and the amygdala screens it for threat before we even get a chance to THINK about a new piece of information If threat is perceived then the fight- flight response kicks in and survival takes precedence over learning.
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- 42. RELATIONSHIPS Students who perceivetheir relationship with their teacher as positive, warm and close are motivated to be more engaged in school and to improve their academic achievement (Hughes, Cavell, & Jackson, 1999)
- 44. Frank McCourt -Teaching in 1958 NYC “In the high school classroom you are a drill sergeant, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a clerk, a referee, a clown, a counselor, a dress-code enforcer, a conductor, an apologist, a philosopher, a collaborator, a tap dancer, a politician, a therapist, a fool, a traffic cop, a priest, a mother-father-brother-sister-uncle-aunt, a bookkeeper, a critic, a psychologist, the last straw.”
- 45. “I cannot teachanybody anything, I can only make them think” - Socrates
- 46. Developing real worldcommunication skills and RELATIONSHIPS “Authentic”
- 50. Getting students outof their comfort zone
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- 53. 3. DEVELOPING PURPOSE Howdo we prepare our students for the real world?
- 54. DISCUSSION: What isthe most important skill that our students will need in a 21st century workforce?
- 57. How can wehelp students identify their strengths, interests and develop a sense of purpose?
- 58. Disengaged students Sexual promiscuity SocialMedia addiction Technology dependence Negative Relationships Lack motivation Poor Self-worth No interests Poor academic results
- 59. “Students with workexperience or work placement secured relevant employment 4x faster.” Work-ible research, 2017
- 61. • Confidence • Creativity& Innovation • Communication • Digital Literacy • Ability to critically assess information
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- 64. Dr Jacob Bronowskiauthor of The Ascent of Man was convinced that human beings take pleasure in work not in idleness. His idea of utopia was… “Where he or she does a job that they are good at, they like doing, that gives them satisfaction, that is my utopia.” 1974
- 65. Our goal isfor all students to become confident, purposeful, thriving members of society For further information visit www.expandeducation.com.au www.expandwellbeing.com.au Subscribe for articles tips on how to help our adolescents
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- 67. REFERENCES • Foundation forYoung Australians, New Work Order Series, 2016 • Grattan Institute, Engaging Students, creating classroom that improve learning, 2017 • McKinsey and Co, Education to Employment, Designing a System that works, 2013 • Australian Financial Review, Boarding’s bright future, May 2017 • The Economist, Lifelong Learning edition, January 2017 • Alder, Adam Irresistible, 2016 • The Atlantic, November 2016, The Binge Breaker, Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop • International Journal of Sexual Health, March 2010, Emerging Adolescent Sexuality: A Comparison of American and Dutch College Women’s Experiences • Ives, E.A, iGeneration:The Social Cognitive Effects of Digital Technology on Teenagers • Brown, Brene, March 2012, TED Talk, Listening to Shame.