Over the Horizon A few future educational scenarios By Peter Hutton Educator and Futurist
Held captive by mental models • Factory • Cooking • Journey • Garden • Ecosystem
Held captive by mental models • School • ATAR • Uni • Job • Mortgage • 2.1 Kids The good life!
“In Australia, many students are consistently disengaged in class: approximately 40% are unproductive in a given year.” Grattan Institute 2017
Time taken to get work After leaving full-time education: • On average it takes 4.7 years for young people to find full- time work • It was around one year in 1986. How Are Young People Faring in the Transition from School to Work? FYA, 2015
Job Shift • Almost 5 million Australian jobs (40% of the workforce) will be replaced by computers by 2035. • 60% of young people are currently studying for jobs that will be radically altered by automation. Source: The Committee for Economic Development of Australia 2015
Source: AITSL
Portfolio Employment Up to 30% of Australians are now in “flexible work”, that include multiple jobs, using a mixture of skills and capabilities.
This is How Local Australian Students Enter University
9 APRIL 2019
The Japanese education ministry will launch a pilot program in 500 schools in April 2019 to improve English speaking proficiency in schools. Japan has proposed improving English skills ahead of the surge in tourists expected during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “The results of the trial were fascinating. It appeared that students were less scared to use a foreign language to chat with a robot because they knew that it wouldn’t judge or laugh at them.”
“The R e Rob obot ots ARE RE coming!” ‘This is NOT a drill’ Their mission is currently not clearly defined They will be ‘smarter’ than any of us They will be ‘smarter’ than ALL of us
“School is basically preparing students to be second class robots” Charles Leadbeater, Author of The Problem Solvers: The teachers, the students and the radically disruptive nuts who are leading a global learning environment
Digital Twin
Compassionate Digital Twin in education • Knows you better than you • Sees the world more accurately than you • Can read behaviour better than you • Knows how you actually function best • Monitors your frustration vs engagement level (Vygotsky) • It will even deliberately frustrate you to stop satisfaction normalisation • Will it become your best friend?
What could this mean • Humans have almost no physical ‘value to add’ • The end of privacy – You are known universally. • The end of “experts” • True individualisation - ‘small data’ • The ‘rush’ to learn or earn ceases • Do we become children?
Preparing ourselves for “strategic uncertainty” It’s like training in a space program: You don’t know how, or when, or with whom you will fly, but you are prepared …this personalized methodology can be made accessible to everyone GELP – Global Educators Leadership Program MOSCOW 2017
Embrace Complexity & Learn to sit with Uncertainty • Identify your assumptions Dig deep. Almost everything is built on assumptions • Create mini-tests to explore them
Building new ecosystems Students have far more capacity than we give them credit for.
“Yes” is the default Any request made by a student, parent or member of staff, the response has to be ‘yes’ unless it takes too much time, costs too much money, or negatively impacts on anyone else.
The No’s • No Bells • No Yelling • No compulsory uniform • No detentions • No Bullying • No Compulsory Subjects • No 13 Year assumption • No Homework • No Year Levels
What is the role of the teacher? • Sage on the stage • Guide on the side • Meddler in the middle • Co-learner • Co-owner
Treating Students as Equals • ‘One Person Policy’ • First name basis • Equal respect • Equal behavioural standards • Equal access to amenities • Equal dress standards
Students help to run the school • Curriculum Committee • Welfare – excluding personal details scheduled for later in the meeting • Grounds • OHS Occupational Health and Safety • Staff selection panels • College Council/ Board
Student Employability Skills Development Program • Merit & Equity Training • Interview Experience • Familiarity with working conditions • OHS Occupational Health and Safety • Genuinely work ready
Students being employed by school • School Newsletter Editors • Maintenance services • Social Media Managers • Canteen Assistants • Photographers • Sound & Lighting AV technicians • 1:1 Tutoring • Catering • IT help desk • Primary School Reading tutors • Activities Leaders • Sports coaches • Office Administration • Umpires • Animal carers • Baristas • Classroom Assistants/ Tutors • Computer gaming teacher • English Conversation Tutors • Educational consultants! • Graphic Designers …the list is growing • Gardeners
Student Welfare Supported by Students • Student Health Ambassadors • Appropriately scaffolded and monitored • A genuine application of learning & chance for development • A better utilisation of scarce staffing resource • Has been successfully done in boarding houses, scouts & cadets for years
What happens when students are able to study what they want?
ILPs for ALL Individualised Learning Plans • Written by students using a template • Supported by Staff and Parents • Signed off by Parent and Principal • Subject choices straight into timetable
Student run businesses - ESTEAM • Student Run Café • Custom Film Production • Coffee Cart • Laser Cutting Business • Snake Breeding • Name Badges and Door Signage • Catering Services • Performing Arts Centre Hire • DJ Services • Party Photographers • Pop up shops • Art Sales and Rental • Selling Excess School Equipment on Gumtree • Custom Clothing • Running Activities & Excursions • Cupcake Art • Conference Planning • Tennis Coaching • Bespoke Furniture production • Bands and Busking • Graphic Design Service • Computer Gaming
Varied Learning Times No 9.00am – 3.30pm for classes Early starts Late finishes Open 6AM-6PM Not done because of timetabling difficulties or to fit more learning in, but simply because some students work better at these different times.
Hyper-specialization Programs • Where students can spend half to two thirds of school time on a particular focus • A particular sport, drama, music, dance, art, robotics, computing • Students learn to develop deep skills and about the success formula
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Where to start?
Interrogate the philosophy • If it looks like conformity, question it • If it makes ‘kids’ act unnaturally, question it • If there is no risk, question it • If the adults have done all the imaginative work, question it • If it looks orderly and neat, question it • If young people don’t have a large say, question it • If it assumes all young people develop at the same rate, question it • If its too adult controlled, question it
8 Principles for School Transformation • Flexibility • Deep integration with Community • Success for ALL • High Quality Adults • Co-constructed Learning • Student Empowerment • Development of Self • Ongoing Skill Development
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