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Presentation of National Honor Society
Inductees for the 2009-2010 School Year
Welcome to the 2010Athens Academy Schacht Lecture
Patrick F. Bassett, President
www.nais.org
The Global Future for Today’s Students
Athens Academy Cum Laude Lecture
The Generative Question for Students & Schools
The skills of …
The values of…
What skills & values will be demanded and rewarded in the global 21st Century?
Creating the 21st. C. Curriculum
The Generative Question: What skills & values will be demanded and rewarded in the global 21st C?
Bassett’s Conflated List:(1) character (self-discipline, growth mindset, empathy, integrity, resilience, persistence, and courage) (2) creativity, imagination, and entrepreneurial spirit (3) problem-solving on a real-world local, national, global stage (analysis, filtering, & synthesis: project-based, not text-based learning, technology-enhanced) (4) communications, especially public speaking (5) teaming(6) leadership
Demonstrations of Learning: “What you do, not what you know, the ultimate test of education.” ~PFB Tweet
1. Conduct a fluent conversation in a foreign language about of piece of writing in that language.
2. Write a cogent and persuasive opinion piece on a matter of public importance.
3. Declaim with passion and from memory a passage that is meaningful, of one’s own or from the culture’s literature or history.
4. Produce or perform a work of art.
5. Construct and program a robot capable of performing a difficult physical task.
Demonstrations of Learning
6. Exercise leadership.
7. Using statistics, assess if a statement by a public figure is demonstrably true.
8. Assess media coverage of a global event from various cultural/national perspectives.
9. Describe a breakthrough for a team on which you participated in which you contributed to overcoming a human-created obstacle.
10.Demonstrate a commitment to creating a more sustainable future with means that are scalable.
NAIS’s Challenge 20/20: High Noon
Sharing our planet: Issues involving the “global common”• Global warming• Biodiversity and ecosystem losses• Fisheries depletion• Deforestation• Water deficits• Maritime safety and pollutionSharing our humanity: Issues requiring a global commitment & covenant• Massive step-up in the fight against poverty• Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism• Education for all• Global Infectious Diseases• Digital divide• Natural disaster prevention and mitigationSharing our rulebook: Issues needing a global regulatory approach• Reinventing taxation for the 21st century• Biotechnology rules• Global financial architecture• Illegal drugs• Trade, investment, and competition rules• Intellectual property rights• E-commerce rules• International labor and migration rules.
Real-World Project-Based Learning
Measuring Water Flow for the Middle School Water in the West Project ~Watershed School, Boulder, CO
20/20 Fay School Entrepreneurship:Global Problem: Water DeficitsGlobal Solution: WaterWalker
Fay School (MA) 8th graders
Return
Expeditionary Leadership TrainingUpper School “Borders” Project – Watershed School, CO
NOLS-based Leadership Basics:Taking Care of…1.Yourself…2.Your Stuff…3.Your Responsibilities to the Team
In the context of real-world project-based learning and problem-solvingMeasured by CWRA critical-thinking assessment.Results: Outperformed 99% of college freshmen
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/31corner.html?pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xL2PutgTRI
Run
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Grant Wood’s Victorian Survival
Smithsonian Podcast interpretation by Katy Waldman, Holton Arms School
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