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Mick Waters | Creating a world class curriculum

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The document discusses elements of a world class curriculum and raising student aspiration. It argues curriculum should go beyond grades and qualifications to develop students' worth and ability to contribute. It notes tension between giving schools autonomy while also imposing a national curriculum. The document advocates pursuing innovation with integrity to empower and inspire students, and creating conditions for them to flourish, through embracing big questions and embodied, authentic learning rather than compliance.

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鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 World class worldly-wisereal world learning The elements of a world class curriculum world beating world wideuniversal learning The Whole Education Annual Conference world changingmaking a world of difference out of this world the childs worlda world of opportunity The worlds their oyster Mick Waters 21 November 2012 World class Raising aspiration more than higher grades worldly-wisereal world learning not just more levels and qualifications more than career outlook and optimism aspiration for worth aspiring to contribute aspiration of spirit needs for the 21st century rules of the life game the etiquette and tactics a guarantee of for success experiences Who we What we do, think we where we go are assessment Who we to build self What we know and image know meet learn to use contacts qualifications
鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 CBI 2012 ConferenceJohn Cridland National curriculum paradox Employers seek school-leavers who do not just possess a clutch of exam passes but are "rounded and grounded. encourage schools to step away from maintained status Emphasis on exams and league tables "has produced a conveyor offer autonomy and freedoms belt, rather than what I would want education to be, an escalator." including deregulation of learning "If we're all committed to raising the education leaving age to 18 over the next few years, then the tests at 16 are hugely important but at the same time set a national curriculum they're not the end point. They're a staging post. Sometimes the entire debate seems to be about our exams at 16." which is highly specific The best teachers we've talked to are rebels against the system. They have had to break out of the straitjacket of the curriculum which National curriculum as an entitlement, has stopped them delivering the sort of education our young people a requirement, need. a benchmark, or a talking point? World class cultural moral worldly-wisereal world learning world beating academic social sporting vocational health The professional / political tension Real drivers in the system Politicians enact change Schools feel pressured data often suspect cusp chasing league table position simplistic syllabus Compromise belief and practice We want good education EBacc extended courses They measure improvement inspectionoften suspect spoon fed learning market driven awarding bodies pupils as currency They push on the tolerances ministerial favour Ofsted tweeting while constrained by accountability The electorate is reassured
鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 Lets understand Game Theory. A question of progress What does the class have to get on with? Our integrity is challenged when we end up chasing The experiment, painting, story, novel, modelin process perverse, often arbitrary performance indicators. How much equipment is being used at any one point in the school day? Somehow we have ended up with a mathematically modelled Where is the evidence of extended and incremental practice? society controlled by readily amassed data such as quotas and performance targets Tick a chart every time you hear singing. What is the on/off ratio for computers? Is the whiteboard interactive? Where are your interactive learning platforms? World class So instead lets pursue new ways of bringing to life worldly-wisereal world learning values that motivate us world beating In other words innovating with integrity. world wideuniversal learning To empower and inspire; creating the conditions in which children can flourish World wide learninguniversal content World class geometry, trigonometry, algebra, musical scales, physical geography, the spectrum, colour mixing, worldly-wisereal world learning algorithms, the periodic table, swimming, density, latent heat, forces, climatology, war, map referencing, world beating botany, drawing, gymnastics, time, geology, magnetism, musical notation, perspective, erosion, world wideuniversal learning focal length, astronomy, anatomy, pressure, time, volume, co-ordinates, seismology, radiography, world changingmaking a world of difference articulation, pivots, levers, peace, profit and loss, capacity, cantilevers, growth, buoyancy, athletics Global giant, internet based, self managed learning..?
鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 World class A futures learning outlook for schools? big questions worldly-wisereal world learning world beating one offs, special events embedded, real learning world wideuniversal learning compliance philosophy world changingmaking a world of difference exercising trudge quiet life out of this world the childs worlda world of opportunity small matters A futures learning outlook for schools? Performance and effectiveness big questions Tent pitched, xylophone played, model tested, song sung, play acted, fabric sewn, local community enhanced, fire lit, flowers and vegetables grown, one offs, special events embodied, authentic learning foreign language spoken, poem appreciated, web site constructed, meal cooked, weather recording taken, armistice remembered, body exercised, bearing set, compliance philosophy artefact explored, film viewed, photograph snapped, map interpreted, old people valued, dance composed, exercising trudge quiet life money accumulated, long shore drift measured, pot thrown, bouquet arranged, tickets ordered, bird spotted, constellation observed, wall built, spirit lifted, small matters book read, story written, LESSONS LEARNT
鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 Whats the curriculum promise? World class a professional response worldly-wisereal world learning a purveyor of rations or a crafter of abundance world beating a guide on a learning adventure or a route marcher world wideuniversal learning the nextinspection, examinations, election, generation world changingmaking a world of difference out of this world the childs worlda world of opportunity remember your interview and keep your sunny side up The worlds their oyster The elements of a world class curriculum The Whole Education Annual Conference Mick Waters 21 November 2012

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Mick Waters | Creating a world class curriculum

  • 1. 鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 World class worldly-wisereal world learning The elements of a world class curriculum world beating world wideuniversal learning The Whole Education Annual Conference world changingmaking a world of difference out of this world the childs worlda world of opportunity The worlds their oyster Mick Waters 21 November 2012 World class Raising aspiration more than higher grades worldly-wisereal world learning not just more levels and qualifications more than career outlook and optimism aspiration for worth aspiring to contribute aspiration of spirit needs for the 21st century rules of the life game the etiquette and tactics a guarantee of for success experiences Who we What we do, think we where we go are assessment Who we to build self What we know and image know meet learn to use contacts qualifications
  • 2. 鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 CBI 2012 ConferenceJohn Cridland National curriculum paradox Employers seek school-leavers who do not just possess a clutch of exam passes but are "rounded and grounded. encourage schools to step away from maintained status Emphasis on exams and league tables "has produced a conveyor offer autonomy and freedoms belt, rather than what I would want education to be, an escalator." including deregulation of learning "If we're all committed to raising the education leaving age to 18 over the next few years, then the tests at 16 are hugely important but at the same time set a national curriculum they're not the end point. They're a staging post. Sometimes the entire debate seems to be about our exams at 16." which is highly specific The best teachers we've talked to are rebels against the system. They have had to break out of the straitjacket of the curriculum which National curriculum as an entitlement, has stopped them delivering the sort of education our young people a requirement, need. a benchmark, or a talking point? World class cultural moral worldly-wisereal world learning world beating academic social sporting vocational health The professional / political tension Real drivers in the system Politicians enact change Schools feel pressured data often suspect cusp chasing league table position simplistic syllabus Compromise belief and practice We want good education EBacc extended courses They measure improvement inspectionoften suspect spoon fed learning market driven awarding bodies pupils as currency They push on the tolerances ministerial favour Ofsted tweeting while constrained by accountability The electorate is reassured
  • 3. 鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 Lets understand Game Theory. A question of progress What does the class have to get on with? Our integrity is challenged when we end up chasing The experiment, painting, story, novel, modelin process perverse, often arbitrary performance indicators. How much equipment is being used at any one point in the school day? Somehow we have ended up with a mathematically modelled Where is the evidence of extended and incremental practice? society controlled by readily amassed data such as quotas and performance targets Tick a chart every time you hear singing. What is the on/off ratio for computers? Is the whiteboard interactive? Where are your interactive learning platforms? World class So instead lets pursue new ways of bringing to life worldly-wisereal world learning values that motivate us world beating In other words innovating with integrity. world wideuniversal learning To empower and inspire; creating the conditions in which children can flourish World wide learninguniversal content World class geometry, trigonometry, algebra, musical scales, physical geography, the spectrum, colour mixing, worldly-wisereal world learning algorithms, the periodic table, swimming, density, latent heat, forces, climatology, war, map referencing, world beating botany, drawing, gymnastics, time, geology, magnetism, musical notation, perspective, erosion, world wideuniversal learning focal length, astronomy, anatomy, pressure, time, volume, co-ordinates, seismology, radiography, world changingmaking a world of difference articulation, pivots, levers, peace, profit and loss, capacity, cantilevers, growth, buoyancy, athletics Global giant, internet based, self managed learning..?
  • 4. 鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 World class A futures learning outlook for schools? big questions worldly-wisereal world learning world beating one offs, special events embedded, real learning world wideuniversal learning compliance philosophy world changingmaking a world of difference exercising trudge quiet life out of this world the childs worlda world of opportunity small matters A futures learning outlook for schools? Performance and effectiveness big questions Tent pitched, xylophone played, model tested, song sung, play acted, fabric sewn, local community enhanced, fire lit, flowers and vegetables grown, one offs, special events embodied, authentic learning foreign language spoken, poem appreciated, web site constructed, meal cooked, weather recording taken, armistice remembered, body exercised, bearing set, compliance philosophy artefact explored, film viewed, photograph snapped, map interpreted, old people valued, dance composed, exercising trudge quiet life money accumulated, long shore drift measured, pot thrown, bouquet arranged, tickets ordered, bird spotted, constellation observed, wall built, spirit lifted, small matters book read, story written, LESSONS LEARNT
  • 5. 鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘鏘 Whats the curriculum promise? World class a professional response worldly-wisereal world learning a purveyor of rations or a crafter of abundance world beating a guide on a learning adventure or a route marcher world wideuniversal learning the nextinspection, examinations, election, generation world changingmaking a world of difference out of this world the childs worlda world of opportunity remember your interview and keep your sunny side up The worlds their oyster The elements of a world class curriculum The Whole Education Annual Conference Mick Waters 21 November 2012