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FutureMakers Update September 2022

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September 27, 2022

FutureMakers Update September 2022

Filed under: virtual school — Michael K. Barbour @ 10:09 pm
Tags: cyber school, education, FutureMakers, high school, New Zealand, virtual school

An item for my Kiwi readers.

FutureMakers Newsletter September 2022

Spring has arrived, providing an opportunity to have a bit of a tidy-up in the garden!
After a month highlighted by disruptive weather events, the relaxing of COVID restrictions and the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we deserve to take some time to refresh and renew ourselves and our thinking.
This month’s newsletter has a number of items that may provide some useful points of reflection to browse over the coming school break.

In this newsletter…

 

Characteristics of Resilient Schools

Being Resilient: Characteristics of Resilient Schools
The latest paper in my series on resilient schools and hybrid learning is now available. This paper provides guidance for school leaders as they seek to work with their staff and communities to design the systems, structures and processes required to ensure they are able to continue providing high quality learning experiences for their students in the wake of any disruption they experience, be that short or long-term, impacting all or some of their staff and/or students.

24 Hours for Change

24 Hours for Change in Education
FutureMakers is proud to be convening the New Zealand contribution to this global event being held on Wednesday 20 October (NZ time). The event will actually begin with New Zealand, and we have teachers and students from a number of schools contributing their ideas and experiences.Save the date and plan to involve your students in this project. You can sign up to receive updates on the 24hoursforchange website.

Acting on Evidence

This post looks at some of the research being provided that questions some of the things we are currently doing in schools. The response of the profession should and must be to interrogate evidence, identify personal biases, examine the evidence at source and engage in co-constructing the ways forward that will genuinely meet the needs of our future generations.

Bicultural Principles for teaching and learning online

NZCER – Bicultural principles of teaching and learning online | Ngā mātāpono kākano rua o te mahi ako tuihono

Edited by Arapera Card, Rosina Merry, and Janis Carroll-Lind

This resource sets out 11 principles that are inherent in best practice for teaching and learning in an online bicultural delivery environment.

Courage and Collectivity

This post suggests that in a world where it seems there’s too much being ‘done to’ and not enough ‘doing with’ we all have to see addressing change as a part of the responsibility we share – and not leave it to someone else to figure out. It’s all about having courage, and demonstrating collectivity.

Lessons on Strategy from Riding a Bike

This post provides a different take on a key challenge education leaders in the current milieu. Instead of hunkering down and focusing on using tested methods (which haven’t worked in the past, so why should they suddenly provide results now?) we need to foster a climate of experimentation, exploration, reflection etc. – all of which is undergirded by a collective commitment to strategic direction and purpose.

When does the future start?

In her workshops futurist Jane Mcgonigal asks participants: “If the future is a time when many or most things in your life will be different than they are today, how long from now does that future start?” This post challenges the the short-cycle thinking and planning that is characteristic of the work we do at many levels in our education system.

The role of teachers post-COVID

The issue of teacher education (pre-service and in-service) is constantly raised in conversations about the future of education. As we are experiencing such disruption in our sector we’re seeing an ever-increasing level of expectation placed upon teachers, resulting in increased levels of teacher stress and unprecedented numbers leaving the profession. Here are a couple of readings from the recent edition of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education journal that may be useful:
New Context, New Teachers, and New Teacher Education by Yong ZhaoThis article argues that, as a result of the COVID-19 disruption, learning is no longer limited to the classroom or teachers. In this new context, teachers need to shift from instruction to coaching and recourse curating. Teacher education should thus shift from teaching future teachers how to teach and what to teach to helping future teachers become human educators who support the growth of individual students.

The Coming Sea-Change in Teacher Education by Chris DedeAccording to Chris Dede “The world has become hybrid–and will stay that way because many people and organizations value the new opportunities this presents.” This means “Developing pre-and in-service teachers adept in face-to-face and in online instruction (not one or the other) is both a necessity to prepare students for life in a hybrid world and an opportunity to extend the ecosystem of learning environments and instructional strategies.”

Critical thinking and conspiracy theories

Science Fictions
The Reboot Foundation has devoted its annual survey to understanding the state of science literacy and its impact on our social and political lives. The result: A concerning lack of basic science literacy among survey takers; a number of startling connections to beliefs in conspiracy theories; and – helpfully – a shared trust in the power of education to help solve these problems.
Critical thinking must be considered a future focused competency for all learners.

But wait, there’s more…

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