Cohort presentation 2011; Fostering true equity in our schools
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Transcript of Cohort presentation 2011; Fostering true equity in our schools
Postcards from the edge; fostering true equity in education
Is it an education that matters; or is it the opportunities that come from being educated that matter? (Can we have both?)
The Big Question
Design all aspects of our education system from the edges, the outliers, instead of from the middle.
The Big Idea
Gifted Children’s Representations of Learner Identities (Porath and Lupart)
Normalizing Differences in Inclusive Teaching (Balieri and Knopf)
Social Emotional Literacy (Brackett, Hymel, Schonert- Reichl)
100 Languages of Children and Reggio Emelia
Grounded in the work of many . . .
Why
The essence of equity is to ensure that every child has the opportunity not to become equal , but to become different – to realize their own unique potential.
Adapted from John Fischer
Standardization tends to emphasize the lowest common denominator. Human aspirations reach much higher and if the conditions are right they succeed. Understanding those conditions is the real key to transforming education for all our children.
Ken Robinson
Learning is an active process that requires legitimate engagement with ideas and knowledge.
How to
get there
from
here?
Learning is a social process (Vygotsky) so learning how to be social would be a good place to start
Creates a base of safety for staff and students – change can cause stress, anxiety, moments of doubt so the ability to support is critical
Social emotional literacy and learning (SEL2)
Self-awareness
Social awareness
Self-management
Relationship skills
Decision making
5 competency areas from SEL2
“They may
not remember
the words you
say, but they
will always
remember
how you
made them
feel.” Joanne Kricken
Provocation = a statement that lies outside of our normal experience patterns (Bono, 1991)
Creativity = to produce novel ideas (that, in hindsight, have value)
Creativity and provocation
Framework for asking questions . . .
In the minds eye; visual thinkers, gifted people with
dyslexia and other learning difficulties – Thomas G.
West
Mindset – Carol Dweck 2008
I am right; you are wrong – Edward de Bono 1991
The Bureaucratic Experience: The Post-Modern
Challenge - Ralph P. Hummel
Suggested itinerary
We are the people we have been waiting for . . .
Questions?
