Educational Paradigms: Old and New

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Educational Paradigms Old and New

• IFE 2020
• February, 2009 Victor Ordonez
• Concluding thoughts

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The Road Ahead Comparing the Old and the New

• Focus on content Focus on process
• Driven by needs of present\ Driven by needs
  past of future
• Primarily informational Primarily
  relational
• Credentialing mechanisms Competency
  measures
• Discipline based curricula Issue-based
  curricula
• Teacher centered Learner centered

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Paradigms Old and New
Finding New Pathways Resistance to change
The Road Behind A Historical Perspective-- How
paradigms evolve
The Road Ahead The shape of things to come

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Implications

• Adapt policies, curriculum, programs, and
  environments to focus on students future
  learning needs.
• Seek out new paradigms and innovations and find a
  way to institutionalize them, network!
• Build a political base to ensure implementation
  of innovations and new approaches.
• Recognize the power and influence of your own
  dedication and commitment.