WAITING FOR CHANGE…

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

IN 2009, the amount of new technical information was already DOUBLING EVERY 2

YEARS?

Oy! BOKAWJAI!

BOPENYANG?

THIS MEANS THAT

For students entering a 4-year technical or college degree or even a 4-year lower

secondary course...

50% OF WHAT HE LEARNED IN YEAR 1IS ALREADY OUTDATED

By the time he or she reaches YEAR 3

Oy! BODAI!!?

that single strand of fiber easily fits in the eye of a needle…

In 2010, this amount of new information started to double not every year, or every

semester, quarter, or week—every 72 hours!

How long did it take for us to write the new curriculum, prepare the

textbooks and teacher guides, print them and the time it takes to

distribute to schools?

CONSIDER:

More than 2 years now

How about the time to finish TTC or FOE pre-service training?

CONSIDER:

More than just 72 hours-4 years. How much percent of what we learned could

be obsolete by now?

You can no longer buy success tomorrow with what you know today.

Welcome to the 21st CENTURY.This is our reality…

You can no longer buy success tomorrow with what you know today.

Learning how to learn needs to take priority over what we learn…

Learning how to think logically and creatively is critical if we are to solve complex personal and social problems effectively.

What we came to do:LEARN FASTER AND DEEPER!

WE came to

UPDATE/IMPROVE/DELIVER

1. WHAT TO TEACH

2. HOW TO TEACH & ASSESS the learning

performance; 3. Train and motivate WHO WILL TEACH;

4. and provide the necessary TOOLS AND MATERIALS for lifelong learning (of the students, teachers, administrators/ managers)

• At the end of all our efforts, what would be the evidence of our success? What is our product?

End GOAL

21st Century Lao Learners (TEACHERS & STUDENTS)

SELF-DIRECTED LIFELONG LEARNERS!

CRITICAL THINKERS!

Self-MOTIVATED

KNOWS HOW TO LEARN

Uses ICT to increase resources for learning

Has Higher Order Thinking Skills

Organized thinker/ uses mind mapping for faster learning

WHO

LEARNED FASTER AND DEEPER (5 BIG CONCEPTS IN ONLY 5 DAYS)

WITH SOME NEW TOOLS.

So we created the opportunity for TRAINERS/TEACHERS

JUMPING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

CAN YOU

1: show us a mindmap about how to improve Communications in the Classroom, making the experience FUN and Exciting?

2: show us a mindmap on how to activate HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (analysing, evaluating, creating)

3: analyze your student’s learning styles and evaluate the learner-centered technique that is best for them and then create better lesson plans using UbD

4: show us a RUBRIC for an effective trainer/teacher

Real EVIDENCE?

5: Use mindmaps not just for visual aids but for deeper analysis and evaluation of the topic BY THE LEARNERS and also as a final output/summative evaluation tool of how deep the learner learned

1. We can learn faster– by engaging all the senses, boldly sharing and testing our ideas, organizing our thoughts, asking deep questions

2. We can learn deeper (lifelong learning) by emphasizing higher order thinking skills (see Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy) –and the new roles of teachers not just as instructors but as LEARNING FACILITATORS

3. We can teach better with these basic tools:• Shift to Learner-centered (from Behaviorist to Cognitivist to Constructivist model)• Must understand how learning happens: it is driven by the learner, not the teacher • So, it is not how great we explain but how we design the learning experience, the

place, the mood, the materials, the fair participation, (feel safe to ask questions and challenge ideas) so that the learner can learn independently and can design his own learning strategy (discovery, inquiry, project-based learning)

• Graphic Organizers (visualize better) –• Mind mapping (visual/kinesthetic/auditory combined, participatory)–

THEN YOU CAN NOW HELP USTRANSFER THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE:

4. We can measure more accurately if learning is happeninga. Understanding by Design (UbD) –GRASPSb. Authentic Assessment (Rubrics/portfolio/performance) –c. WALT/WILF

5. Learning is Fun and Exciting (LIFE)d. Communications for better classroom managemente. Games/object lessons/authentic context (relevant to real life of learner) f. Learning TO BE versus learning ABOUTg. Real life applications

THEN YOU CAN NOW HELP USTRANSFER THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE:

Congratulations!

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LET’S NOT STOP LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER!

What is taught but was not learned—wasted effort

What is both taught and learned—UbD

What is learned but was not taught—for better or for worse