The future, already here, of English teaching and Education

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The Future (already here) of English Teaching and Education

Photo: Mercedes Cosco

Urban Jungle

The new OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building in Portland, Oregon.

Photo: Pat Rose.

Underground ArtMetro in Stockholm. Photo: Markus Pavlowsky.

Tetris CityHong Kong. Photo:Dennis Wat

Industrial Revolution

factory workers

compulsory schooling

We have XIX century schools, with XX century teachers for XXI century kids.

Interregnum – the throne is vacant

Change of Era

Change of Paradigm

COOPERATIVE LEARNING

roles

timing

positive

interdependence

cooperative room and

teacherevaluation

GROUPS OF THREE – numbers

Roles:

a. Checker

b. Recorder

c. Time keeper – 10 min

1. What are the most important characteristics of this new era?

2. What kind of the education is needed?

3. What’s the role of English?

Choose a spokeperson

Cloud ForestGarden by the Bay in SingaporePhoto: Andrew Tsang

KNOWMADS

creative, imaginative, and innovative person who can work with almost anybody, anytime, and anywhere (Moravec, 2008a).

we are creating the future as we go along, and without a master plan to follow

co-learners and co-teachers, co-responsible for helping each other find our own elements along our pathways of personal,

knowmadic development

Universal curriculum design – a curriculum with flexible goals, methodologies and assessment

Collaborative work – projects, research, cooperation,

questions

Know your students – learner centered learning

Education should help turn learners into expert learners—individuals who want to learn, who know how to learn strategically, and who, in their own highly

individual and flexible ways, are well prepared for a lifetime of learning.

English was ‘in the right place at the right time’

English has become the new lingua franca.

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education

and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

GROUPS OF THREE – numbers

Roles:

a. Checker

b. Recorder

c. Time keeper – 10 min

GROUPS OF six – colors

Roles:

A. Team leader

B. Recorder

C. Time keeper – 15 min

D. Artist

E. Spokeperson

F. Checker

1. Take notes and exchange experiences

2. Share with new group

3. Dream and come up with a

plan of action

SYSTEMIC CHANGE

BUILD NETWORKS AND ALLIANCES

“We do not learn from

experience... we learn from

reflecting on experience.”

John Dewey

References

@MercedesViola www.mercedesviola.wordpress.com

Calidad y excelencia en el marco de la educación personalizada – Pablo Cayota 2016

El aula inclusiva, el espacio educativo para todos – M. Eugenia Yadarola 2007

La Escuela del siglo XXI, una experiencia a compartir - Generar la necesidad de cambio – Montserrat del Pozo 2016

Liquid Modernity - BaumanPara poder trabajar por proyectos de investigación en el aula, primero debemos conocernos. Maria Jose Parages y Miguel Lopez Melero, 2012

Knowmad Society – edited by John Moraveckwww.globalgoals.org

PhotosMercedes Cosco, Mercedes Viola, NatGeo