Preparing Students for a Changing World

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Preparing Students for a Changing World

• Raymond J. McNulty, Senior Vice President
• International Center for Leadership in Education

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ICLE Program of Work

• Identify the essential characteristics of
  successful schools and the most rapidly improving
  schools
• Successful Practices/Research to assist schools
• Organize the learning into useful tools

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SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE
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• The Challenge is Complex
• Motivation and Relationships
• 21st Century Skills
• Literacy

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THEME

• The Challenge is Complex

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Many involved in school re-invention work would
argue that change is the most talked about and
least acted upon concept in education today.
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• Standards
• Focus or Aim

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We need fewer, clearer and more rigorous
standards!

• OUR PROBLEM IS NOT SIMPLY STANDARDS, BUT DESIGN
  AS WELL!!!!

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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
ELA Skill Write clear and concise directions or
procedures.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
ELA Skill Write clear and concise directions or
procedures.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
ELA Skill Give clear and concise oral
directions.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
ELA Skill Give clear and concise oral
directions.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Math Skill Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to
right triangles.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Math Skill Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to
right triangles.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Math Skill Understand accuracy and precision of
measurement, round off numbers according to the
correct number of significant figures, and
determine percent error.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Social Studies Skill (Economics) Investigate
how a cost/benefit analysis can influence
decisions based on profits and losses.
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Texas NESS StudySubgroup Rankings
Social Studies Skill (History) Analyze major
global occurrences from 1000 BCE 1914 CE (onset
of World War I) and describe the causes,
consequences, or results.
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The primary aim of education is not to enable
students to do well in school, but to help them
do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
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Weve created false proxies for learning

• Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean
  achievement
• Listening to lecture has come to mean
  understanding
• Getting a high score on a standardized test has
  come to mean proficiency

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Learning should have its roots in..

• Meaning, not just memory
• Engagement, not simply transmission
• Inquiry, not only compliance
• Exploration, not just acquisition
• Personalization, not simply uniformity
• Collaboration, not only competition
• Trust, not fear

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• Applied Skills
• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Diversity
• Information Technology Application
• Leadership
• Creativity/Innovation
• Lifelong Learning/Self Direction
• Professionalism/Work Ethic
• Ethics/Social Responsibility

• Basic Knowledge/Skills
• English Language (spoken)
• Reading Comprehension
• (in English)
• Writing in English
• (grammar, spelling, etc.)
• Mathematics
• Science
• Government/Economics
• Humanities/Arts
• Foreign Languages
• History/Geography

Are They Really Ready To Work?
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Sustaining Innovation and Disruptive Innovation
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A Story.

• Sir Ken Robinson

• Sir Paul McCartney
• George Harrison

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In the beginners mind there are many
possibilities in the experts mind there are
few.
-Shurnyu Suzuki
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System
Innovation
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Sustaining Innovation
Disruptive Innovation
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We have a flawed perspective of always listening
to our best customers They tell us how good the
system is working for them!
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BANKING

• Sears
• IBM
• Xerox

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THEME

• Motivation and Relationships

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Motivation is a key ingredient for success in
learning.
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ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE SCHOOL

• BORING
• 48

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We need more artists, so heres our plan.

• REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE ART!

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We need more scientists and mathematicians, so
heres our plan.

• REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE
  MATH AND SCIENCE!

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What Works Best?

• REQUIRE
• MANDATE
• FORCE

• EXCITE
• CREATE PASSION
• MOTIVATE

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Talking with kids

• Its not us against them!

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• Focusing only on tangibles and ignoring
  intangibles. The pressure to improve test scores
  leads too often to ignoring the softer side of
  the issues, culture, environment, attitudes and
  beliefs. In the business world, up to 85 of
  market value of a publicly traded company is in
  the talent and disposition of the employees.

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TO DO THE JOB WELL

• QUANTITATIVE DATA
• QUALITATIVE DATA
• GREAT QUESTIONS

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Theme

• 21st Century Skills

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21st Century Skills

• Learning Innovation Skills
• Creativity Innovation
• Critical Thinking Problem-solving
• Communication Collaboration
• Information, Media Technology Skills
• Information Literacy
• Media Literacy
• ICT Literacy

• Life Career Skills
• Flexibility Adaptability
• Initiative Self-direction
• Social Cross-cultural Skills
• Productivity Accountability
• Leadership Responsibility

www.21stcenturyskills.org
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21st Century World
The Future World of Work
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• Agricultural Age Farmers
• Industrial Age Factory Worker
• Informational Age Knowledge Worker
• Conceptual Age Creator / Empathizer /
  Innovator

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Theme

• Literacy

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Comprehending Literacy in a Global Era

• Quantitative Literacy
• Identify numerical representations and ideas
• Perform computations and solve problems either
  alone or sequentially
• Use numbers embedded in printed materials
• Act with mathematical intent to complete tasks
• Technological Literacy
• Navigate and search using electronic sources
• Production and problem solving
• Compare and use ever-changing media and
  information
• Act upon media and technology based information

• Prose Literacy
• Search
• Comprehend
• Use continuous text
• Documents Literacy
• Search
• Comprehend
• Act upon
• Use non-continuous text in various formats

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Taking Action with Text, Media and Writing

• Quantitative Literacy
• Checkbook balancing
• Tip calculation
• Order form completion
• Interest calculations
• Benefit and nutrition comparison calculations
• Advertisement comparing prices and other data
• Technological Literacy
• Filing taxes online
• Travel arrangements
• Photo management
• Document assembly and creation
• Personal digital libraries of music and other
  media

• Prose Literacy
• Editorials
• News stories
• Brochures
• Instructional materials
• Document Literacy
• Job applications
• Payroll forms
• Transportation schedules
• Maps
• Tables
• Drug or food labels

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Lexile Framework

• Semantic Difficulty
• Syntactic Complexity

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Newspapers
Reuters (1440) NY Times (1380) Washington Post
(1350) Wall Street Journal (1320) Chicago Tribune
(1310) Associated Press (1310) USA Today (1200)
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Personal Use
Aetna Health Care Discount Form (1360) Medical
Insurance Benefit Package (1280) Application for
Student Loan (1270) Federal Tax Form W-4 (1260)
Installing Your Child Safety Seat
(1170) Microsoft Windows User Manual (1150) G.M.
Protection Plan (1150) CD DVD Player Instructions
(1080)
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Lexile Literature

• 1500 - On Ancient Medicine
• 1400 - The Scarlet Letter
• 1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed.
• 1200 - War and Peace
• 1100 - Pride and Prejudice
• 1000 - Black Beauty
• 900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
• 800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio
• 700 - Bunnicula A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
• 600 - A Baby Sister for Frances
• 500 - The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
• 400 - Frog and Toad are Friends
• 300 - Cliffords Manners

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Lexile Texts

• 1500 - The Making of Memory From Molecules to
  Mind Doubleday
• 1400 - Philosophical Essays Hackett Publishing
• 1300 - Psychology An Introduction Prentice Hall
• 1200 - Business Prentice Hall
• 1100 - America Pathways to Present Prentice
  Hall
• 1000 - Writing and Grammar Gold Level Prentice
  Hall
• 900 - World Cultures A Global Mosaic Prentice
  Hall
• 800 - Word 97 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
• 700 - World Explorer The U.S. Canada
  Prentice Hall
• 600 - Science (Grade 4) Addison-Wesley
• 500 - People and Places Silver Burdett Ginn
• 400 - Imagine That! Scholastic Inc.
• 300 - My World Harcourt Brace

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2005-06 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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2005-06 Lexile Framework for Reading
StudySummary of High School Textbook Lexile
Measures
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
1400
1300
1200
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1100
1000
900
800
ELA
Science
Social Studies
Arts
CTE
Math
Subject Area Textbooks
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Theres no silver bullet!!NO EPIPHANY
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Preparing Learners for a Changing World

• Raymond J. McNulty, Senior Vice President
• International Center for Leadership in Education