International Center for Leadership in Education

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International Center for Leadership in Education
Preparing Students for the 21st Century
October 14, 2009

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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Schools are Improving
School Improvement
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Schools are Improving Students are Less Prepared
Changing World
School Improvement
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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Workplace Trends

• Unskilled

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Workplace Trends

• Unskilled
• Work to Worker

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Workplace Trends

• Unskilled
• Work to Worker
• Large to Small

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Workplace Trends

• Unskilled
• Work to Worker
• Large to Small
• What Can You Do?

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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Challenges

• Technology

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• Information Technology
• Processing
• Communications

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SPOT

• Integrated Projection
• Projection Keyboard

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Projection Keyboard
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Projection Keyboard and Projector
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Siftables

• Problem Solving
• Innovation
• Creativity
• Design

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Emotiv

• 16 embedded sensors
• Detect facial expressions and emotions
• Push, pull, lift, and drop

http//emotiv.com/INDS_3/inds_3.html
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• Bio Technology
• Biological Science
• Practical Application

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Source MIT Technology Review, May June 2008
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Source MIT Technology Review, May June 2008
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Source MIT Technology Review, May June 2008
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Bio Tech

• Medicine will cure more diseases.

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www.kidzworld.com
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Ruth Fresmon, The New York Times
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• Nano Technology
• Atom Up

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Nano Tech

• Materials will become stronger.

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Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2009
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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2012
Info Tech
Nano Tech
Bio Tech
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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Chinese Science
Source Ed Week 6/6/07
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Employment 1970s

• High Skill
• Low Skill

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Employment 1990s

• High Skill
• Low Skill

Semi Skill
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Employment 2010

• High Skill
• Low Skill

Semi Skill
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1970s 1990s 2010
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Employment 1970s

• High Skill
• Low Skill

Middle Class
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Employment 1990s

• High Skill
• Low Skill

Semi Skill
Middle Class
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Employment 2010

• High Skill
• Low Skill

Middle Class
Semi Skill
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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU KNOW?
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Challenges

• Technology
• Globalization

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DEATH OF DISTANCE
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Wal Mart

• Largest Corporation
• 8 times Size of Microsoft
• 2 of GDP
• 1.4 Million Employees
• More Employees than
• GM, Ford, G.E. and IBM Combined

Source The Post-American World
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China today exports in a single day more than
exported in all of 1978.
Source The Rise of India and China . . .
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Savings Rate

• 1. India -- 25
• 2. Japan -- 28
• 3. Korea -- 30
• 4. China -- 50
• 5. United States -- (-4)

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U.S. 2nd Half of 20th Century

• Only Superpower
• Highest per Capita Income
• 1st in Economic Growth
• 5 of Population gt 24 of Consumption

Source National Academy of Science
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Chinese Science
Source Ed Week 6/6/07
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1970s 1990s 2010
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Lexile Framework for Reading Study Summary of
Text Lexile Measures
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
1600
1400
1200
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1000
800
600
High School Literature
College Literature
High School Textbooks
College Textbooks
Military
Personal Use
Entry-Level Occupations
SAT 1, ACT, AP
Source of National Test Data MetaMetrics
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16 Career ClustersDepartment of Education
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Reading RequirementsFindings

• Entry-level
• Highest in 6/16
• Second Highest in 7/16
• Consistent Across Country

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Human Services
 
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Construction
 
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Manufacturing
 
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Workplace Trends

• Unskilled
• Work to Worker
• Large to Small
• What Can You Do?

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Application Model

• 1. Knowledge in one discipline
• 2. Application within discipline
• 3. Application across disciplines
• 4. Application to real-world predictable
  situations
• 5. Application to real-world unpredictable
  situations

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Challenges

• Technology
• Globalization
• Demographics

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Start Working End Working Longevity
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77
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62
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21
14
18
1900
2000
2100
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Retirement

• 55 is not an economically sustainable policy

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Demographics / Economic

• 1910 3.0 / 100

• 1946 4.6 / 100

• 2010 1.4 / 100

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