Redesigning 21st Century Classrooms

What are We Looking at?

Frameworks

SYSTEMS THEORY

complex array of:diverse,

interconnected,dynamicelements

System Flow

Input Output

Environment

System

Input Output

Environment

Human Body

Input Outputhuman body

Environment

River Basin

Input Outputriver basin

Environment

Classroom

Input Outputclassroom

Environment

Classroom

Input OutputMinistry

Environment

Classroom

Input Outputlaw

Environment

Classroom

Input Outputbeliefs

Environment

Classroom

Input Outputbooks

Environment

Classroom

Input OutputSystem

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Analysis

Development

Management Design

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TIME

COMPLEXITY

Systems Increase in Complexity over Time

Historic Classroom

Modern Classroom

Comparison

Modern Student

ISSUES

Technology vs. not Technology

Technologyvs.

not Technology

Improvementvs.

Reform

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Standardsv.s.

21st Century Learning

To Review:

• View your class as a complex system

• focus on the similarities in classrooms over time: community, structure, purpose

• leverage the differences in students to advantage

Syllogism

All students are inputs

Inputs are resources

All students are resources

Syllogism

Resources to:

• Themselves• Their classmates• Their classrooms• Their larger communities• The world -------------------------------------

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Learner Centredv.s.

Learning Centred------------------------------------------

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Classroom

Students Students+

Environment

Classroom

Students Students+

Environment

1. People2. Structures3. Processes

People

• Students• TA’s• Parents• Administrators• Experts (Scott and Lloyd)• Community Members

Structures

• Desks and chairs• Computers• Tables• Website• Graphic organizers• Charts

Processes

• Attendance• Homework• Agenda• Needing help• Class discussion• Note taking• ------------------------------------------------------------

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Systems and Values

Analysis

Development

Management Design

Analysis

Development

Management Design

System Core

Core ValuesCore Ideas

Organizing Perspectives

Classroom

Students Students+

Environment

Classroom

Students Students+

Environment

Analyze

Manage Design

Develop

Core ValuesCore Ideas

Organizing PerspectivesStudents Students+

Environment

RescipesAgents Systems View of Technology Initiatives

2008-2009 to 2009-2010 People Processes Structures

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