Unfortunatley, I missed much of Stephen’s presentation due to an important phone call.
Stephen spoke about how he feels we are on a escalator. The only problem is when you come to someone who is not walking, they feel they are moving forward because the world is passing them by!! This is like schools and teaching. The schools might feel they are going forward, but the only things they are holding back is the kids because the world is moving so fast.
He talked about professional development for parents. I agree that we need to better communicate with parents about what schooling is like today. It takes the ‘fear’ out of the use of the internet but helps parents to vision schools as they should be today. He built teachers.tv and says this is a great way for teachers to see how others do it differently. Parents can also see this….so too the kids.
He showed examples of great ways in which teachers use the internet for learning…but differently. Click here for Stavros Bloggy
A question was raised about how the PISA tests align with his view of learning. Stephen said we have ‘built the model on seen before’ for the PISA tests and so he said they were not relevant to a complex, rapidly changing world. He says that nothing could be more catastrophic than hanging your hat on conformity and sameness. So why do governments hang their hat so muchon the PISA tests. Yesterdays sessions talked much about how governments prized being top in this list??
I haven’t heard Stephen for some time and I realise this is a mistake. He is a clever, engaging and inspirational speaker.
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