THE ONE WORLD SCHOOLHOUSE

Prussian Model

• Current Model of Education
• Lots of drawbacks

LIKE SWISS CHEESE..

• System has many holes
• Lack of creativity
• Isolation when learning about a specific topic
• “Gaming the system”

SOLUTION?

• Technology! If used correctly
• He says, “ "Use video-based lectures for certain contexts; use live dialogs when possible, for others. Use projects where appropriate and traditional problem sets when appropriate…. education [does not] need to be hostage to any dogmatic theory"

THINK, PAIR, SHARE!

THINK, PAIR, SHARE!

THE FUTURE OF CLASSROOMS

• Testing his methods in other classrooms
• Expanding his own theories

NEW IDEAS..

• “Testing out” of classes
• Combining age groups and topics
• Reduced seat time

KAHNS 2 BIG IDEAS

• Mastery learning
• Flipped classrooms

PROS OF NEW IDEAS..

• Can be readily applied
• Flexible

WHAT WE CAN DO

• Include more technology
• More movement
• Bring back creativity and human interaction

BAD APPLICATION

• “The danger of using assessments as reasons to filter out students, then, is that we may overlook or discourage those whose talents are of a different order—whose intelligence tends more to the oblique and the intuitive.”
• If we judge a students talents based off assessment we discourage them.

GOOD APPLICATION

• “Our schools should be the same—environments for safe experimentation, viewing failure as an opportunity for learning rather than a mark of shame.”
• We as teachers should do more to encourage our students.

GOOD APPLICATION

• “Today’s world needs a workforce of creative, curious, and self-directed lifelong learners who are capable of conceiving and implementing novel ideas.”
• Teachers need to promote learning in their classroom to help students succeed

QUESTIONS?