We need a curriculum of big questions, examinations where children can talk, share and use the Internet, and new, peer assessment systems. In the networked age, we need schools, not structured like factories, but like clouds.
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What a great talk. I will be showing it to my kids.
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We’ve all heard about how millennials have been raised by “helicopter parents,” who hover over them and protect them from criticism and disappointment. The result is a “teacup” generation of young people who may appear outwardly perfect, but are easily shattered.
For years, they have regularly been given pats on the back, often just for showing up. They made it to the end of the soccer season – fantastic, everyone gets a trophy! They took a test – how amazing!
When they finally join the workforce, it’s no wonder members of Gen Y expect a promotion just for being on time to work for six weeks straight. If we want to (p)reframe this generations mindset, it’s necessary to first understand their perspective, especially in the following four ways: 1. Participation is enough; 2. Everything is customized; 3. Constant, immediate feedback is required; 4. Change must be embraced.
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Maybe not perfect but I found the 12 questions used by Gallup quite objective in their attempt to link engagement with productivity:
They claim that innovation, entrepreneurship, authentic sales growth, new customers, job growth — all the things that every company needs most — are sparked and inspired by the relationships between managers and employees that these 12 items measure.
I think what is important is to measure the answers before doing anything, identify with the employees maybe 2 or 3 points that impact the most their performance and measure again after changes have been implemented.
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amazing video that won the 2013 TED prize. Very surprising: the hole in the wall experiment shows that we don't really need to TEACH so many things!
" Groups of street children learned to use computers and the Internet by themselves, with little or no knowledge of English and never having seen a computer before. Then they started instinctually teaching one another. In the next five years, through many experiments, I learned just how powerful adults can be when they give small groups of children the tools and the agency to guide their own learning and then get out of the way."
It's about LETTING learning happen! Self-organized learning : broadband, collaboration, and encouragement. We need a curriculum of BIG questions; not little details. BIG questions.