Teachers often cringe when they see what students do to their personal work. "I'm done. I got the grade."
What would you give to have a copy of that chemistry paper that you spent days writing in 10th grade?
What if you could find that paper in a Digital Portfolio? Look at what students at High Tech High can do... search "high tech high digital portfolios"
www.TINYurl.com/ExampleDP
Monday, November 30, 2015
Creative Practice #3: Show students how to REFLECT on their learning. Stonefields School in New Zealand
Teach students about "getting out of the Pit."
Watch this video.
XYD Advisor Steve McCrea went on a tour of the school in 2013 with education advocate Gordon Dryden. Here are some videos:
Let's repeat this Creative Practice #3: Show students how to REFLECT on their learning. Stonefields School in New Zealand
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CREATIVE Practice #4: Keep asking questions (Peter Cookson) and "look for learning in many different places"
Peter Cookson wrote a compelling argument and asked a bold question:
What would Socrates do?
Here's an excerpt from the article:
To start, we must overhaul and redesign the current school system. We face this great transition with both hands tied behind our collective backs if we continue to pour money, time, and effort into an outdated system of education. Mass education belongs in the era of massive armies, massive industrial complexes, and massive attempts at social control. We have lost much talent since the 19th century by enforcing stifling education routines in the name of efficiency. Current high school dropout rates clearly indicate that our standardized testing regime and outdated curriculums are wasting the potential of our youth.
If we stop thinking of schools as buildings and start thinking of learning as occurring in many different places, we will free ourselves from the conventional education model that still dominates our thinking. Socrates did not teach in a conventional classroom; his classroom was wherever he and his students found themselves. His was the first "personal learning network," and he taught with the most enduring teaching tool of all time—the purposeful conversation. He called himself a citizen of the world because the questions he asked were universal.
Even though Socrates was a philosopher, he did not hide in an ivory tower. He used knowledge to challenge the status quo. I think Socrates would embrace the new learning era with all the energy he had. We need that same embrace today to move beyond the false dichotomies and empty arguments of our tired education disagreements and to joyously engage with the future.
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Just asking that question will cause some classes to become more creative.
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Suggested by Mario Llorente, advisor to XYDFoundation.org
What would Socrates do?
Here's an excerpt from the article:
To start, we must overhaul and redesign the current school system. We face this great transition with both hands tied behind our collective backs if we continue to pour money, time, and effort into an outdated system of education. Mass education belongs in the era of massive armies, massive industrial complexes, and massive attempts at social control. We have lost much talent since the 19th century by enforcing stifling education routines in the name of efficiency. Current high school dropout rates clearly indicate that our standardized testing regime and outdated curriculums are wasting the potential of our youth.
If we stop thinking of schools as buildings and start thinking of learning as occurring in many different places, we will free ourselves from the conventional education model that still dominates our thinking. Socrates did not teach in a conventional classroom; his classroom was wherever he and his students found themselves. His was the first "personal learning network," and he taught with the most enduring teaching tool of all time—the purposeful conversation. He called himself a citizen of the world because the questions he asked were universal.
Even though Socrates was a philosopher, he did not hide in an ivory tower. He used knowledge to challenge the status quo. I think Socrates would embrace the new learning era with all the energy he had. We need that same embrace today to move beyond the false dichotomies and empty arguments of our tired education disagreements and to joyously engage with the future.
CLICK HERE
Just asking that question will cause some classes to become more creative.
Return to the list
Suggested by Mario Llorente, advisor to XYDFoundation.org
CREATIVE Practice #7: Read excerpts from Sir Ken Robinson's reports with students and teachers
Start here: Download the report called ALL OUR FUTURES.
What might happen if students were to read "adult writing" and excerpts from Sir Ken Robinson's reports?
Why not turn classtime into "teacher training time"?
What happens when adults are given recommendations... day after day... and then we ask teachers to discuss the recommendations with students? LINK http://sirkenrobinson.com/pdf/allourfutures.pdf
Here's an example of an excerpt...
Action by Schools
1. Head teachers and teachers raise the priority they give to
creative and cultural education; to promoting the creative
development of pupils and encouraging an ethos in which
cultural diversity is valued and supported.
Find more excerpts at sirKenRobinson.com
His blog http://sirkenrobinson.com/blog/
Creative Practice 18: Let the same teacher teach the same students for four years in a row. (See Big Picture Learning)
What might happen if we allow teachers to teach a student several years in a row -- the teacher follows a cohort of students. Big Picture Learning schools use this procedure -- one teacher for most of the subjects... for all four years of high school.
Some elementary schools allow the second grade teacher become a third grade teacher, following the students.
You can see how this practice is used at Parkmont School in Washington, DC. and at Big Picture schools metcenter.org bigpicture.org
This practice is found in smaller schools and in many elementary schools. SEE BIG PICTURE SCHOOLS The advantages are clear
Some elementary schools allow the second grade teacher become a third grade teacher, following the students.
How does this practice support creativity? Any process that builds a stronger relationship between a teacher and a student will tend to lead to more creativity.
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This practice is found in smaller schools and in many elementary schools. SEE BIG PICTURE SCHOOLS The advantages are clear
a) the students get to know one teacher
b) the teacher can point out the connections between subjects
c) the math teacher and science teach and the teacher who teaches history can meet to create a project... oh, what if one teacher covers those three subjects? then there's an interdepartmental meeting everytime the teacher stands in front of a mirror. One teacher can help a student design a great project that includes comments about three areas.
The disadvantages? Some students might complain about "having the same teacher "for years."
CREATIVE practice #6: Let teachers teach several subjects (allowing more contact with individual students)
This practice is found in smaller schools and in many elementary schools. The advantages are clear
a) the students get to know one teacher
b) the teacher can point out the connections between subjects
c) the math teacher and science teach and the teacher who teaches history can meet to create a project... oh, what if one teacher covers those three subjects? then one teacher can help a student design a great project that includes comments about three areas.
The disadvantages? Some students might complain about "having the same teacher day after day, hour after hour"
The next step is to allow teachers to teach a student several years in a row -- the teacher follows a cohort of students. Big Picture Learning schools use this procedure -- one teacher for most of the subjects... for all four years of high school.
How does this practice support creativity? Any process that builds a stronger relationship between a teacher and a student will tend to lead to more creativity.
CREATIVE practice #17: "Show respect to everyone you meet." (John Corlette)
Well. It's fairly straightforward to show respect to people we like.
It's perhaps less easy to smile and acknowledge the homeless fellow or the loud and annoying person... "Everyone" requires some flexibility, some original way of handling the situation, some emotional resilience... hmmm, it sounds like CREATIVITY.
See JohnCorlette.com JohnCorlette.com OurAiglon.com
For posters that have been created using Corlette's educational methods...
TinyURL.com/jcspeech Free ebook.
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