What knowledge is of most worth?
I've sometimes felt that as rapidly as time goes by, I keep asking myself is what happens in my classroom keeping up with all of the developments that I want students to be involved with. So, this is the general theme of this post. Just what is important today and how might I adjust to deliver this?
The above quote comes from the title of a report from a group from Michigan State University a few years ago, and that I read a few years ago and just happened to recall. The full 2013 report from Kereluik, Mishra, Fahnoe and Terry is here. In their report they looked at all of the major "21st century learning" frameworks to look for any consistent themes that might help teachers in their quest to redesign learning. The model they came up with is pictured below.
I was also reminded of the work here in NZ by those looking into "future focussed learning" and, as you'd expect, most of the analysis from this group echoes that by Kereluik et al - likely because they use the same research base.
So, since 2013 has anything changed? This year the World Economic Forum have published their "New Vision for Education: Unlocking the Potential of Technology" report. From their report we see the following summary
So, do they have anything new to contribute (No) - or are they saying the same (Yes) ...Well, thanks to my good friends at the SingularityHub I haven't needed to plow through the the WEF paper fully (yet). The graphic below comes from the report, but it tells the story nicely I think.
Like other reports, there is a set of foundational literacies, and they go wider, and deeper, than our traditionally narrow focus on literacy and numeracy. They now encompass scientific, ICT, financial and cultural literacy. (And don't we need the ICT and cultural literacies to better understand the recent events in Europe. ). Like NZ has it's key competencies, the WEF have their competencies and character qualities. As a model, I can identify with this better than I can with other models I've seen - it's not overly different, just gives me a framework that works for me.
So, one of my goals for next year is going to be to develop learning activities for students that allow them to explore according to this "map". And in case you would like an overview of another person's view of some of the WEF information, along with some other stuff, spend a few minutes watching this video by Dr Nicole Wilson form Singularity. It's only about 10 minutes, and parts of it are better than others, but it's worth the watch.
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