P9 Curriculum Reform.
Framing of this issue:
Need focus on 21st Century skill set requirement, and increased focus on "Science, Technology, Engineering and Math" (STEM).
Problem Dimensions (ecosystem domain & boundaries):
a) This is related to P3 Standards, but is more focused on content than data. What should our objectives be in this area?
b) Question of Architecture- the physical and virtual spaces in which teaching and learning occurs
c) Structural architecture of content- curricular scope and sequence- how specific? common core? skill and experience based or knowledge based?
d) Taxonomies: remembering, comprehending, analyzing, applying, evaluating,synthesizing and creating; across 4 dimensions: factual, conceptual, procedural, metacognitive http://www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/curric/newtaxonomy.htm
e) Role of National Governors Association Common Core Standards Initiative http://www.corestandards.org/
f) Role of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
g) National Council of Teachers of English- 21st C Literacies http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/21stcentdefinition
- We need to shift our curriculum from strictly content-based to a mix of cognition/thought and content. Find balance.
- Yes, great questions. Make students set context. Change it. Examine differences. Understanding "it depends"
- start with current standards and curriculum and negotiate big ideas in community; initially all stakeholders to identify scope- teachers and students id specifics and sequence
- Trying to force students into a mold is counterproductive. Much better to shape instruction around individual needs
- We have to employ more Critical Thinking with our students. My Critical (Higher Order) Thinking page: http://bit.ly/q7HUm
- focus on big ideas, essential questions and not so much on the minutia of content, as a means of limiting add-ons
- In the age of access to unlimited content, how can we work with stdnts to develop a toolbox of skills 2 know what 2 do with the info
- Hi-Q higher-ed institutions use hybrid of F2F, online, and student teams outside of class.
- Stds are more appropriate in their current usage for some developmental levels and not other
- Set the baseline for knowledge, not just info access. Not the same due to cog load.
- when kids are deficient and curriculum rules, we can't close the gap. Increasing student voice- place to start; finding shared interests, and bringing students funds of knowledge into conversation- critical for engagement
- meaning, in history standards and curr. focuses on amassing facts/rote knowledge, rather than larger skills of analysis
- "Found that all students have knowledge that can be used as basis for teaching abstraction" ... or anything, really
- Doing that will lead to continued mass failure by those unable to do so. Education needs to be expansive, not exclusive.
- Why do we expect students to be the only nimble ones, in the sense they should adapt to us?
- consumer, pop culture, a sociocultural issue- identifying values.
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What data can we review to drive this analysis?
Who Has the Problem (supervising jurisdictions & implementation focus):
State Departments of Education
Teachers (wanting to do this, but not able; not sure what 'this' entails)
Parents and Students (wanting this but not sure what 'this' entails)
A. Problem Statement:
B. Process Description (if applicable):
C. Actors & Behaviors (desired, undesired):
- State Departments of Education (set policy) - see also P3 Standards.
- Administration (administer policy)
- Teachers (drive)
- Employers (benefit) - see also P5 Workforce/Jobs.
- Students (benefit)
D. Process Model (picture(s) & flow(s) as needed):
- diagrams of flow that may be relevant to understanding or solutions for this issue?
E. Process Rules:
- what are constraints, actual or implied?
F. Outcomes (desired, undesired):
- Fundamentally higher quality of Education retained.
- Positive impact to P5 Workforce.
G. External Context:
Other sources or references relative to this topic
- ... and Charles Fault- School Architecture in the Context of 21st Century Learning- recorded eluminate session 5/18
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