Next Generation Learning

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Next Generation Learning

• Mike Schmidt
• Director, Education
• Ford Motor Company Fund

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Presentation CliffsNotes

• Re-assessing Our Approach to Education
• What Happened?
• Where We Are Headed Next Generation Learning

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Re-Assessing Our Approach

• Ford Has Long History of Work In Education, Going
  Back to Henry Ford
• Taking Learning By Doing Approach, Linking
  Rigor and Relevance
• Plenty of Success

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WHAT HAPPENED?

• We Have Moved From an Industrial Economy to a
  Knowledge Economy to a Conceptual Economy
• It is Not a Trend No Waiting it Out
• Success in the New Economy Requires a Different
  Set of Skills
• Daniel Pink is Right It Takes a Whole New Mind!

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Where We are HeadingNext Generation Learning

• Critical and Central Importance of Innovation and
  Creativity
• Building Next Generation Skills
• Focus on Building Sustainable Learning
  Environments
• Focus on Building Sustainable Learning
  Communities
• Building a Movement, Not a Monument

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Critical Importance of InnovationThree Trends
That are Shaping and are Shaped by The Conceptual
Economy

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THE SINGULAR IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATIONInnovation
is now recognized as the single most important
ingredient in any modern economyThe Economist

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SEEING WHAT CUSTOMERS HAVE NOT YET IMAGINED BUT
WILL INSTANTLY DESIREIf I had asked my
customers what they wanted, theyd have said a
faster horse.Henry Ford

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FLATTENING THE INNOVATION HIRARCHYCompanies
that want to succeed in todays competitive
environment need innovation at every point of the
compass, in all aspects of the business, and
among every team member.Tom Kelley, IDEO

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Moving From Riding the Innovation Waveto
Continuous Improvementto Continuous Innovation
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What Do We Mean By Innovation?

• Working Definition Focused Creativity
• Often Employs Strategic Intuition a Combining
  of Many Ideas.
• Often Team Based
• Often Paradigm-Shifting, Creating a Tipping Point
• Requires Different Skill Mix, Higher Level Skills
  Than in An Industrial or Even a Knowledge Economy
• Right and Left Brain Creativity and Out of the
  Box Thinking Problem Solving, Critical
  Thinking, Analytical Thinking

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II. Building Next Generation Skills

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Moving to a 21st Century Skills Framework
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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21st Century Skills P-21 Definition

• Emphasis on Academically Rigorous Core Subjects
  for All Student
• 21st Century Context and Content (Relevance)
• Global Awareness,
• Financial, Business, Economic, and
  Entrepreneurship Literacy
• Higher-Order Thinking and Learning Skills
  Learning and Innovation Skills
• Life and Career Skills
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Taking Initiative
• Leadership and Personal Responsibility
• 21st Century Tools -- Information, Media, and
  Technology Skills
• ICT Literacy Becoming Critical Consumers of
  Information

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III. Sustainable Learning Environments

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Defining Sustainable Learning Environments

• Educational Environments Where Teaching and
  Learning are Intimately Connected With the Wider
  Community
• Where Educators Work With Leaders From Across The
  Community To Link Rigor And Relevance In
  Meaningful And Ongoing Ways.
• Linking Rigor and Relevance Must Drive Content,
  Structure, and Pedagogy (not the other way
  around)

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The Ford PAS Curriculum
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Ford PAS Course 1 Building Foundations

• From Concept to ConsumerBuilding a Foundation
  in Problem-Solving
• Media and Messages Building a Foundation of
  Communication Skills
• People at Work Building a Foundation of
  Research Skills

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Ford PAS Courses 25

• Course 2 Adapting to Change
• Careers, Companies, and Communities
• Closing the Environmental Loop
• Planning for Efficiency
• Course 3 Managing and Marketing with Data
• Planning for Business Success
• Ensuring Quality
• From Data to Knowledge
• Course 4 Designing for Tomorrow
• Reverse Engineering
• Different by Design
• Energy for the Future
• Course 5 Understanding a Global Economy
• The Wealth of Nations
• Markets Without Borders
• Global Citizens

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IV. Building Sustainable Learning
Communities

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Defining Sustainable Learning Communities

• Making Public Schools Truly Public Endeavors,
  No Longer Isolated Places
• Where the Business Community is a Vital and
  Ongoing Part of the Local Education Conversation.

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Ford Career Academy Innovation Communities (Ford
CAIC) Key Points

• Ford CAIC provides roadmap for community leaders
  to follow to scale up their own career academy
  network
• Designed around 12 best practices identified in
  successful communities with such networks
• In Ford CAICs, businesses have an easy-to-follow
  engagement model that allows them to play a
  meaningful role in high school redesign
• Both business and education are subordinate to
  the larger objective of workforce development and
  community prosperity
• Currently in 7 communities many more on the way

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The Henry Ford Academy
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Academy Facilities
10th grade learning studios, Village
admin/teacher offices, 300 student lockers, 11th
in background (right).
9th grade learning studios and lockers,
admin/teacher offices, Front Office--Museum
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12th grade classrooms
Math, science and language arts classrooms in
train cars.
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V. It Takes a Movement, Not a Monument

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Cheryl Carrier, Director21st Century Education
Programs

• ccarrier_at_ford.com