I had a meeting yesterday with a group of both educators and students from around the world. We discussed the “new” challenges facing schools given the coronavirus health emergency and brainstormed, discussed some possible solutions and next steps.
During the meeting, I couldn’t help thinking back on a similar moment in time, circa late 2000s and we were all full of promise about the new future awaiting education because of ICT and the promise held by Web 2.0 and connecting with others and an open world of information.
I couldn’t help thinking about how that promise didn’t truly blossom and that here we were again once more, trying to re-invent the wheel. Or that we might wrongly build the wheel – in the meeting Duolingo was used as an example of the potential we might reach … that made me feel defeated. But that’s another blog post.
So with this in mind, I’d like to remind many who are thinking about new ways of teaching, delivering knowledge and content – who are thinking of how best to change the fundamentals of education …. I’d like to remind us all of those out there who’ve already done a lot of the leg work.
I’ll share this list to my international working group (the project hasn’t been named yet) so we can stand on the shoulders of these giants. I think this list might help many out there involving themselves in educational reform. Reform isn’t new. What will be new is if real, structural educational reform does happen.
Recommended People, Resources, References and Readings.
In the coming days, I’ll be adding to this list (my hour of personal time is up!). So come back for more info. on references to those changing education as we speak.
Articles, Books, Ebooks
Teachers. Who needs them? – Food for thought from Andrew Finch, a professor of education in Korea.
After Deschooling. What? – Ivan Illich. A seminal thinker on how we can create the environment so students can learn without school or outside of school.
Teaching As A Subversive Activity. Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner. Especially important short book about creating curriculum that is more open and focused on student potentiality.
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