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We are already buffeted
GlobalizationFinancial Meltdown
OverconsumptionGlobal Warming
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We know the benefits of Learning
Learning
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Economic
competitiveness
Lifelong
personal
prosperity
Social &
environmental
wellbeing
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…technology and education are in a race
Industrial Revolution
Social pain
Social pain
Prosperity
Technology
Education
Digital Revolution
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To address the issues we need
deeper learningCharacter:• Adaptability
• Resilience
• Persistence
• Ethics, etc.
Skills:• Creativity/Innovation
• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Collaboration, etc.
Relevant Knowledge in:• Languages
• Humanities/Arts
• Science/Technology/Engineering/Math
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Yet Curriculum has evolved slowly
Ancient Greece & Rome
Ancient Greece & Rome
Early Christianity & Middle Ages
Early Christianity & Middle Ages
Renaissance & EnlightenmentRenaissance & Enlightenment
Modern Industrial
Era
Modern Industrial
EraTodayToday
History
Music
Art
Philosophy & Ethics
Hu
ma
nit
ies
Arithmetic
Geometry
Astronomy
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus ST
EM
Reading, Writing
Literature
Oratory
Rhetoric
Grammar, Handwriting, Spelling
Greek, Latin
Contemporary Languages incl. 2nd language
La
ng
ua
ge
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Now Neuroscience explains why
Cortical plasticity is conditional upon relevance
Doing fosters deeper learning via transfer mechanisms
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This is not a new debate
Latin
Greek
English*
Reading*
Writing*
Arithmetic*
British Grammar
School Subjects
c. 1800
* usually optional
French
German
Spanish
Handwriting
Bookkeeping
Drawing
Geometry
Astronomy
Geography
Rhetoric
Oratory
Morality
Natural Philosophy
History
Natural History
Mechanics
Gardening
Benjamin Franklin’s
Philadelphia Academy
Subjects
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It is humankind’s wisdom
Confucius (551-479 BC):
“I hear and I forget, I see
and I remember, I do
and I understand”
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592 AD):
“rather a mind shaped than a head full”
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We are facing ourselves
“We have evolved traits [such as group selfishness]
that will lead to humanity's extinction – so we
must learn how to overcome them”Christian de Duve
Nobel prize in Medicine 1974
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So imagine if we rethink What is taught
Knowledge
Character
Skills
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With a special “Thank You” to the
Fondation Henri Moser (Geneva, Switzerland)
for its support and trust
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Sources & Credits
• P2: “In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa” 18th century by Katsushika Hokusai, Metropolitan
Museum, NY
• P3: Denise Caron
• P4: George Orwell, “1984”
• P6: Robert Doisneau
• P8: Aaron Kobler
• P10: Inspired by Golding/Katz “The race between technology and education” 2008 Belknap Press
• P12: research by UPenn GSE
• P13: The New Yorker
• P14: Relevance (Ruytjens et al., 2006; Weinberger, 2008; Winer and Schreiner, 2011)
• P18: “Genetics of original sin” Yale University Press
• P25: From an inscription used by Charles Voysey, Britain 1896
• P29: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bingramos/126661740/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• Other sources off the internet – with thanks to their creators
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