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It's Never Too Late To Learn
Changing Teachers’ LivesChanging Teachers’ Lives
Presentation byPresentation by
ABBAS HUSAIN
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Excel-a-rated Excel-a-rated
and and
Teachers’ Development CentreTeachers’ Development Centre
CollaborateCollaborate
To bring you To bring you
International Education WeekInternational Education Week
It's Never Too Late To Learn
ITS
NEVER
TOO
LATE
TO
LEARN
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Have you ever heard someone say, Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m too old to learn”? “I’m too old to learn”?
Did you believe them? Did you believe them?
I hope not. I hope not.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Computers are now such a part of Computers are now such a part of our lives. Do you know anyone who our lives. Do you know anyone who is very uncomfortable around is very uncomfortable around computers?computers?
Chances are it is an older person. Chances are it is an older person.
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Younger people have grown up Younger people have grown up with computers and are very with computers and are very knowledgeable of them. knowledgeable of them.
Share your knowledge with Share your knowledge with them. Even if you only have them. Even if you only have basic knowledge, share it. basic knowledge, share it.
They will think you are a genius. They will think you are a genius.
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To change the teaching To change the teaching environment to learning environment to learning environment, there is a environment, there is a
need to change the need to change the culture; to change the culture; to change the
culture, there is a need to culture, there is a need to change the teacher, change the teacher,
his/her thinking and then, his/her thinking and then, his/her practicehis/her practice
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I do not care what age I do not care what age you are:you are:
EXPAND YOUR MIND. EXPAND YOUR MIND. FOLLOW YOUR FOLLOW YOUR
DREAMS, GO AFTER DREAMS, GO AFTER THE IMPOSSIBLE!THE IMPOSSIBLE!
You won’t be sorry. You won’t be sorry.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
You will grow, even if You will grow, even if
you don’t succeed in a you don’t succeed in a
particular endeavor. particular endeavor.
You will try again and You will try again and
you will make it.you will make it.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Hay kahan tamanna ka Hay kahan tamanna ka doosra qadam Ya Rabb?doosra qadam Ya Rabb?
Hum nay dashte-imkan ko Hum nay dashte-imkan ko aik naqsh-e-pa payaaik naqsh-e-pa paya
It's Never Too Late To Learn
One translation of this is:One translation of this is:
Where is the other step of desire, O Lord?
For we have found this contingent world to be a mere footprint.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
We need schools that prepare our We need schools that prepare our learners to lead productive lives in learners to lead productive lives in this complex, high-tech and fast-this complex, high-tech and fast-changing world - schools that are changing world - schools that are responsive, fluid and adaptive to responsive, fluid and adaptive to emerging needs and opportunitiesemerging needs and opportunities
It's Never Too Late To Learn
An educational system is required that responds to the innovation of the students
Therefore, the agenda for reform must be redirected towards the essential purpose of education: learning – learning to create, solve problems, think critically, unlearn and relearn, and to care about others and the environment.”
It's Never Too Late To Learn
We need to bring change, We need to bring change, change in managing people change in managing people more than managing things.more than managing things.
It is a process, not a product. It is a process, not a product.
andand
ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN ITLEARN IT
It's Never Too Late To Learn
““ It is most successful when the It is most successful when the teachers and students own and teachers and students own and control the change process since it control the change process since it is individuals themselves who are is individuals themselves who are the agents for their own change the agents for their own change and of the necessary modification and of the necessary modification of beliefs, perceptions and actions of beliefs, perceptions and actions that are central to the change that are central to the change process.process.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Why have our Great Why have our Great Plans as teachers Plans as teachers failed?failed?
It was the wrong time to try it
You didn’t have the right students
They didn’t like the idea
They didn’t like you!
You didn’t like them!
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Great plans and ideas for bringing about sustainable school improvement are not enough!
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Naming goals, setting targets, clarifying expectations and aspirations are not enough! They do not in themselves bring about positive change and improvement in the learning and achievement of our students.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
We need to think We need to think about:about:
Who are we?Who are we?
Why do we exist?Why do we exist?
Why do we do things the way we Why do we do things the way we do them?do them?
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People first … People People first … People second … Peoplesecond … People
“Changes in the culture of a schools start with people: the way we think and act, alone and together.”
---Dalin & Rolff 1993
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We need to We need to change:change:
Our attitudes towards the students Our attitudes towards the students and give them a feeling of and give them a feeling of ownership for the class.ownership for the class.
Share your experiences and listen Share your experiences and listen to theirsto theirs
Build relationships and interactionsBuild relationships and interactions Be uniqueBe unique
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We need to We need to Change:Change:
What we see and what we doWhat we see and what we do Our Norms and ‘Rules’ Our Norms and ‘Rules’ Core values - what is cherishedCore values - what is cherished Philosophy and vision- that guides Philosophy and vision- that guides
and directsand directs Assumptions and beliefs - that are Assumptions and beliefs - that are
shared and deeply heldshared and deeply held
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The Individual The Individual TeacherTeacher
It is vital that each teacher It is vital that each teacher individual member has the individual member has the dispositions, attitudes and skills dispositions, attitudes and skills that will enable him/her to engage that will enable him/her to engage fruitfully in collaborative reflection, fruitfully in collaborative reflection, dialogue and planning with his/her dialogue and planning with his/her students and colleagues.students and colleagues.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Shared philosophy, Shared philosophy, vision and valuesvision and values
Little will happen unless Little will happen unless attention is paid to the attention is paid to the necessity for building an necessity for building an ethos, a climate for ethos, a climate for collective effort on the part collective effort on the part of teachers and principals. of teachers and principals.
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Building trusting Building trusting relationshipsrelationships
Expertise must be recognized and Expertise must be recognized and respectedrespected
Students need to know that they Students need to know that they are respectedare respected
High levels of trust within the class High levels of trust within the class and school culture needs to be and school culture needs to be built and maintainedbuilt and maintained
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Open dialogue is vitalOpen dialogue is vital Teachers, need to listen and Teachers, need to listen and
address concerns and issues of address concerns and issues of the studentsthe students
Students need to be encouraged Students need to be encouraged not coercednot coerced
A spirit of goodwill and honesty A spirit of goodwill and honesty needs to be nurtured and needs to be nurtured and maintainedmaintained
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Focus on LearningFocus on Learning
Our young people need to be prepared for the positive roles that they will take in our society, now and into the future. As the world changes, they (and us) will face challenges that are new.
It's Never Too Late To Learn
Teachers need to ensure that our students are equipped with the knowledge, skills, dispositions and values that will enable them to live fully as young men and women, committed to the world in which they will live as moral and mature adults.
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Teachers and others must commit Teachers and others must commit themselves to ‘re-culturing’ - themselves to ‘re-culturing’ - creating professional learning creating professional learning communities that focus on the communities that focus on the continuous improvement of continuous improvement of instruction in the light of constant instruction in the light of constant examining how well students are examining how well students are doingdoing
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A culture that has a commitment to:
Making good things better!
And making ‘bad’ things right!
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Teachers need to work in teams, engaging in an ongoing cycle of questions that promote deep team learning. This process, in turn, leads to higher levels of student achievement.
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As you will deepen your knowledge and understanding of current educational wisdom and apply this learning in a holistic way to the context of their own, you will be better prepared to achieve the school’s long-term and short-term educational goals.
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In Short…In Short…
Know the people you lead - their needs, talents and dreams
Respect and value the uniqueness of each Respect and value the uniqueness of each student, their giftedness and their insightsstudent, their giftedness and their insights
Engage in honest dialogueEngage in honest dialogue Establish positive norms and expectations Establish positive norms and expectations
and communicate them clearlyand communicate them clearly Actively support and encourage initiativesActively support and encourage initiatives Builds honest partnershipsBuilds honest partnerships
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Encourage each student with Encourage each student with opportunities to exercise his/her opportunities to exercise his/her unique talents for the good of unique talents for the good of others and in so doing, to find others and in so doing, to find personal and professional personal and professional fulfillmentfulfillment
Inspire the community to achieve Inspire the community to achieve more than they could ever have more than they could ever have dreamt possibledreamt possible
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To nurture a community’s taking To nurture a community’s taking charge of its own destiny and charge of its own destiny and finding fulfillment and satisfaction finding fulfillment and satisfaction in creating something wonderful - in creating something wonderful - a place where youngsters find a place where youngsters find learning an exciting and awe-filled learning an exciting and awe-filled experience”experience”
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Where is the Other Step of Where is the Other Step of Desire O Lord?Desire O Lord?
For we have found this desert of For we have found this desert of possibility a mere footprint!possibility a mere footprint!
---Ghalib---Ghalib
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THANK YOUTHANK YOU
FOR A COPY OF THIS FOR A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION:PRESENTATION:
E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]
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ABBAS HUSAINDirector
Teachers’ Development Centre
129-G Block 2 PECHS Karachi 75400
http://www.tdc.edu.pkE-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 021-4310217/4392949
