This document discusses rethinking schools and education in the modern world. It argues that schools need to change with technological advances and shifting societal needs. Specifically, it suggests that schools should embrace personalized learning, focus on lifelong learning rather than just K-12, and act as hubs that bring together community resources beyond just classrooms. Technology is enabling these new models of education to emerge at scale.

1. RETHINKING SCHOOLS
Dr Chris Yapp
Chris_yapp@hotmail.co.uk

2. Organisations in the modern world
Schools
• 1960s • Businesses 1960s
– My Primary 208 – Major Employers
– My Grammar 649 • Businesses 2012
• 2012 – SMEs
– Primaries >1000 – Freelance
– Secondaries >2000 – Self-employed

3. “Education has never had really
effective links between research and
practice. Education research is the
great unreformed part of the system.
Too little has an impact on children's
learning, and too few teachers use
research evidence to inform their
teaching.”
Estelle Morris, The Guardian, July 2011.
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4. Plato
"Do not train a child to learn
by force or harshness; but
direct them to it by what
amuses their minds, so
that you may be better
able to discover with
accuracy the peculiar bent
of the genius of each."
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5. Margaret Mead
“We must educate our
children in what no one
knew yesterday, and
prepare our schools for
what no one knows yet.”
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6. The Assumptions
• A Pupil is in a class
• With a teacher
• Doing a Lesson
• In a subject
• For a Qualification
• In a school
• In a Community
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7. Examples: Education and Evidence
• Learning a foreign Language
• Learning a text
• Switching Tasks
• Concentration
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8. Let me tell you a story....
First day at school...
Parental learning contract

9. Example
On Paper Electronically
History History
Homework Homework
Assessed as Assessed as Assessed as
History History English
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10. IT is both..
• A cause of change
– Social, economic, political
• A means of effecting change
– New processes, virtual organisations, integrated supply
chains, work redesign..
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11. So which is it?
Learning
Learning
Technology Technology
VLEs A Vygotskian/Steiner/
Wikis Montessori/choose a guru/
Blogs Learning platform
Podcasts
Electronic Whiteboards
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12. So the Real Impact of IT is...
• Blurring boundaries...
• Changing Scale • Personalisation
• New roles
• Changing Scope • New Skills and
competencies
• Flexibility and Agility
• Integration...
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13. Remember…
“It takes a village to educate a child”

14. A hypothesis?
• Learning always has been and always will be a
personalised experience
• It is the organisation of education that has been
impersonal
• The impediment has been economic scaleability
• Technology is making personalisation achievable at
scale
The art and craft of the
teacher has been to balance
the needs of the learner and
the system

15. What does this mean for schools?
• IT cannot be justified on
pedagogical gains alone
• Schools and
communities
• Rethinking the Teaching
Professions
• Rethinking Curriculum
• Rethinking Assessment
• Rethinking Inspection
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16. The Changing Pattern of
Education
Traditional Phases
Education Training Work Retirement
Lifelong Learning
Education
Training
Work
Retirement
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17. Community Learning Networks
Office
Libraries
Schools
NETWORK Home
And
Colleges
Schools
Community
AsAnd hubs
the
Of Colleges
Connected
Learning
Cultural
Communities Leisure
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centres Centres

18. 5 Levels of Transformation
Degree of
Transformation Scope Redefinition
External Network Redesign
Internal
Process Redesign Revolutionary
Evolutionary
Internal Integration
Source: MIT
Local exploitation
Extent of benefits
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19. Shamrock Organisation
Core Contrac
t ed
Organisation Fringe
Pa
rt-
r He time
me lp
sto
Cu
Source: Charles Handy

20. The Virtual Dimension
• iTunes U
• TED
• BBC Podcasts
• …

21. School Networks
School 2
School 1
Arts
Facilities Science
Facilities
School 5
Community
Humanities Facilities
Resources
CPD School 3
School 4 Facilities
Sports Language
Facilities Lab

22. The Inherent Tension
Transmitting the best from generation to generation
Vs
Preparing for the Future
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23. Vision and Values for the Systems of
Learning
• Filling the empty mind
And/or
• Lighting a fire

24. Raymond Williams
• Education for..
– Understanding
– Adapting to change
– Authorship of change

25. Schools beyond Level 2…
• Artist in non residence
• CPD in staff room linked to HE
• SAELN
• E-twinning
• E-homework/support
• Automated MCQs
• E-Portfolios
• SMS reminders
• …
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26. So, my challenge..
• How would teachers/schools describe the processes?
• Level 3 and 4 schools?
• “Shamrock” schools
• Maximising resources to prime purposes
– Schools as Action Learning Hubs
• Which metrics to focus on?
• Ruthless automation of admin
• Focus on time budget
• Beyond school boundaries
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27. School Governance
Head of School
Head of Head of
Head of Head of
Teaching and Staff
Assessment Resources
Learning Development
Head of
Community

28. Learning as a Team Activity
Complex multidisciplinary What subject is this?
Problem solving teams “ If we create a GM rice that
is enriched with Vitamin A
we could reduce blindness in
Rather than gifted
the developing world. Can
individuals
the West impose this
technology for their own
good?”
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29. For Schools to be Learning
Organisations…
Teacher as lifelong learner
Teaching roles increasingly diverse
Learning as a social experience
Teaching as a research-based profession
Teaching and Learning team based
Rich assessment systems for teachers and learners
Personalised curriculum for teachers and learners
Focus on social inclusion
Globalisation/ localisation of learning

30. Thank You!
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