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5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
Let Children Solve Real World Problems
by Mark Finnern
Greatest Gift?
Future of Education Salon
 with John Taylor Gatto
High School     Why ?
Drop Out Rate
46%             Boring!C
                ontent
                NOT
                Relevant!
Self Driving Cars
NASA Test: Percentage of Geniuses in Divergent Thinking

                      98%
100%
 80%
 60%
 40%                              32%
 20%                                              10%
  0%                                                         2%
       3 to 5 Years
                       8 to 10 Years
                                       13 to 15 Years
                                                        25+ Years
Kid draws Bird from
                 Experience and Memory




These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain.
Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
Same Kid gets asked to color a
                 Workbook for Math




These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain.
Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
Birds drawn after the
         Stereotyping Math exercise




These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain.
Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109
5 Ideas for the 21st Century School
Idea #1
Let Children Solve Real World Problems
Skillpoint Alliance: Velocity Prep
• 4-week summer program
• Teams of 20 students form
  a consulting company;
• Work with an actual client;
• Create an innovative
  solution to a real-world
  problem;
• Present their designs &
  solutions to the client;
Idea #2
Let Children Select
Which Problem
They Want to Tackle!
Idea #3
Wikipedia Style
Transparent
Problem Solving
Idea #4
Public Handover of the Solution
Idea #5
Project Fridays
Greatest Gift?
John Taylor Gatto
Join Us!
Awakening Our Schools!
http://aliveschools.org

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5 Ideas for the 21st Century School

Notas del editor

  1. Greatest gift to our children?
  2. John Taylor Gatto http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/bookstore/index.htm
  3. 8.1% of all students in 2008 dropped out of High School #1 reason: School is boring and not relevant http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-05/us/dropout.rate.study_1_dropouts-enrollment-graduations/2?_s=PM:US 1.2 million public US high school students drop out every year
  4. Well, our autonomous cars have now been test-driven (or rather, test-ridden) for more than 200,000 mI can’t wait to take my mind off the bumper of the car in front of me. ----- Meeting Notes (5/17/12 02:46) -----paperclip
  5. NASA created a test to check their scientists and engineers regarding lateral thinking. Aka out of the box thinking. Results of 1,600 children of ages 3 to 5 years where given 8 tests on divergent thinking. 98% scored in the creative genius categoryNASAtested his engineers and scientists whether they have divergent thinking. ----- Meeting Notes (5/17/12 02:46) -----stereotyping
  6. These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain.  Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109Jenn Taylor 2011
  7. These illustrations are taken from: Viktor Lowenfeld and W. Lambert Brittain.  Creative and Mental Growth, 6th ed. 1970. Macmillan, NY. p. 109http://people.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/11-13-01/Effects-of-Stereotypes.html
  8. 5 ideas to set a framework for the 21st century schooling
  9. Skill Point Alliance www.skillpointalliance.org
  10. From day one share publically:Problem Probable Solution Progress: Budget, Project Status, TimelineLessons learned
  11. Skill point alliance …
  12. Google 20% projects
  13. Howard Thurman: Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Schools based on Standardized Tests create standardized People ill equipped for the magical super changing world of creativity.
  14. Side comment: You know! That a handful of dedicated Moms can close down every school!