Sumeet

Yashpal Mehta
@mehtasumeet

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Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

Future of Learning

- time to reboot

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

20th December, 2014

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

Interviewed over 500 people over the last 8 years

Fixed
Mindset

At effect

Self-limiting
beliefs

Lack of
Integrity

Competitive
not
Inauthentic
collaborative

Had Degree
but little
knowledge

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

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Everyday, I felt assaulted by public apathy

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How do we transform this?

If education is a meaning-making and
perspective-building endeavour,

then what needs to be fixed?

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

3 Big Questions

WHY

WHAT
What is worth
learning?

How can this

learning take place?

Purpose

Content

Methods

Why do we educate
our children?

HOW

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WHY

Why do we educate
our children?

The 'PURPOSE' of education depends on the background context

Our children are growing up in a VUCA world

Volatile Uncertain Complex Ambiguous
technology

environment

globalisation

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Technology

WHY
Why do we
educate our
children?

Rapid
Automation

Technology
Omnipresence

Anyone
Anywhere
Anytime

Instant
gratification

Short
attention
spans

Job
Obsolescence

New
Opportunities

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Technology
How does teacher directed,
book-based, time-table
bound, in-school education
prepare our students to
ride the tide of technology?

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@mehtasumeet

WHY
Why do we
educate our
children?

Environment

Rising trend of environment disasters

Floods
Kosi | Uttarakhand | J&K

Hurricanes
Haiyan | Phailan | Katrina | Hudhud

Droughts
India | Australia

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WHY
Why do we
educate our
children?

Environment
Future looks bleak too.

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@mehtasumeet

WHY

Environment

Why do we
educate our
children?

Fossil
Fuels

De-
Forestation

Mismanaged
Waste

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WHY

Environment

Why do we
educate our
children?

How do we enable our students

to leave the earth better than they
inherited?

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

WHY

Globalization

Why do we
educate our
children?

Accelerated Globalization through trade, travel, ideas and influence

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

WHY

Globalization

Why do we
educate our
children?

Identity
- local, race, religion
- national
- human

Immersion
- appreciation
- respect

How do students appreciate our common human

identity while celebrating their cultural &
individual uniqueness?

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@mehtasumeet

WHY

Why do we educate
our children?

To earn a
living?

To pass
exams?

Can the purpose of education be to EMPOWER students?

To Learn

To Think

To do

what they need to

learn in a VUCA
world

Independently and
inter-dependently

Actions for the

betterment of the
earth

To be
In harmony
with self, others
& the earth

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

3 Big Questions

WHY

Why do we educate
our children?

Empower
To Learn
To Think
To Do
To Be

WHAT
What is worth
learning?

HOW

How can this

learning take place?

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

WHAT
What is worth
learning?

There is too much to cover!

But not enough of the right kind!

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

WHAT
What is worth
learning?

Maybe, we remove some things!

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

WHAT
What is worth
learning?

And use these 4 markers* to select content:

Insight

Action

Ethics

*David Perkins - The 4 earmarks of whats worth learning!

Opportunity

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@mehtasumeet

WHAT
What is worth
learning?

Not teach content, but use content:

To Learn
Listen
Read
Search
See
Express

To Think*
Deeply
Connections
Aesthetics
Multiple Perspectives
Ethics

To Do
Envision
Plan
Prioritize
Collaborate
Fail
Persist

To Be
Intrinsic Motivation
Integrity
Authenticity
Growth Mindset

Not decide for them. But decide with them.

*Howard Gardner - Thinking Dispositions

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

3 Big Questions

WHY

Why do we educate
our children?

Empower
To Learn
To Think
To Do
To Be

WHAT
What is worth
learning?

A joint decision
Insight
Action
Ethics
Opportunity

HOW

How can this

learning take place?

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@mehtasumeet

HOW

Can this learning

take place?

The 5 Beyonds
Beyond Books
Blended
Worksheets
Activity
Project
Video
Web

Beyond
Subjects
Trans-disciplinary
Inter-disciplinary
Big Ideas
Network
System

Beyond School

Beyond
Teachers

Museums
Student Led
Internet
Peers
Travel
Community
Walks
Apprenticeship
School Partnerships
Community Work

Beyond Exams
Observation
Portfolios
Reflections
Work Experience
360 Feedback

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3 Big Questions
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Env
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WHY

Why do we educate our

children?

Empower
To Learn
To Think
To Do
To Be

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WHAT
What is worth
learning?

A joint decision
Insight
Action
Ethics
Opportunity

HOW

How can this

learning take place?

5 Beyonds
Beyond Books
Beyond Subjects
Beyond School
Beyond Teacher
Beyond Exam

Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

@mehtasumeet

Thank You!
Future of Learning

- time to reboot
Sumeet Yashpal Mehta

20th December, 2014