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New Paradigm in EducationGarry Jacobs
Chief Executive Officer, World Academy of Art and Science, USAVice President, The Mother’s Service Society, PondicherryCEO and Chair of the Board, World University Consortium, [email protected]
Mothers Service SocietyFounded 1970 inspired by work of Mother & Sri Aurobindo
Approved 1980 social science research & education institute
Agriculture Global governance
Business Management International Security
Development Literary Criticism
Economy & Employment Mind & Creativity
Education Psychology
Milestones – 11970 – Village Adoption Program
1981 – Report to Planning Commission for 6th Plan
1984 – Software Exports Study for PMO
1985 – Vital Difference published in USA
1988 – Vital Corporation published in USA
1989 – Intl Commission on Peace & Food (ICPF)
1991 – Full Employment strategy adoped by GOI
1994 – ICPF Report presented to UN, UNDP, UNESCO
Milestones – 21994 – Moscow Conference w/President Gorbachev
1995 – Began collaboration with WAAS
1999 – Founded Primrose School
2010 – Founded Cadmus Journal
2011 – Became official center of WAAS
2013 – 1st Int’l Conf. Future Education @ UC Berkeley
2014 – Founded World University Consortium
2017 – 2nd Int’l Conf. Future Education at Rome
Characteristics of the 21st century
Speed - everything moving & changing faster & faster
Information – growing exponentially, available everywhere
Characteristics of the 21st century
Skills shortage – employers find it increasingly difficult to hire people with the capacities they need
Job insecurity – employees increasingly insecure about career
Characteristics of the 21st century
Complexity – everything is interconnected globally
Uncertainty – increasingly difficult to predict what knowledge and skills will be needed a few years ahead
Education is humanity’s most powerful instrument for
conscious social evolution
Characteristics of Modern Education
Based on a delivery system developed 1000 years ago before the invention of printed books
Divides knowledge into specialized fields, disciplines and sub-disciplines taught independently of one another
Characteristics of Modern Education
Focuses on transfer of specific detailed information that soon becomes obsolete
Prepares students for jobs in an industrial economy requiring blind repetition of standardized responses rather than independent thinking and innovation
Critical Questions to be Answered
What should we teach in an age when information is growing exponentially?
How can the content of education keep pace with the rapid speed of advances in knowledge, technology and society?
Critical Questions to be Answered
How can we break down the arbitrary barriers dividing subjects, disciplines and fields of life?
How can we prepare students for occupations that do not even exist today?
Learning Pyramid
Interpersonal factors are twice as important as institutional factors in learning outcomes
Student-Teacher RelationshipPeer tutoringFeedback and mistakesCooperative peer learningTeacher Training
Size of classesHomeworkAudio-VideoTVTechnology basedWeb-based programs
Student-Centered 21st Century Schools
•New Technology High School, Napa, California founded 1992
•Shift from competitive, individual learning to cooperative group learning
•120 schools in USA in the Network
Integrating Teaching and Technology• Online learning can deliver best quality through
best instructors with multimedia teaching aids in any language
• Teacher’s personal attention is key determinant of student motivation and performance
• A hybrid system combining online delivery with interactive discussions by trained facilitators can provide the best of both systems
Shift in Paradigm for EducationOLD PARADIGM FUTURE PARADIGM
Subject-centered Student & Person-centered
Passive one-way broadcasting Active, interactive learning
Competitive individual Collaborative peer-to-peer
Memorization of Information Understanding & analysis
Fragmented silos Contextual, interdisciplinary
Abstract knowledge Experiential, value-based
Pass examinations Develop thinking & creativity
Standard competencies Customized, creative syllabus
Develop mental capacity Develop whole person
More Information
•World University Consortium www.wunicon.org
•World Academy of Art & Science www.worldacademy.org
•Mother’s Service Society www.mssresearch.org
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