informal learning: james cross' sxswedu talk 2014
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Slides from a talk on informal learning, given by James Cross, Director of Education at MediaCore, at SXSWedu 2014.TRANSCRIPT
James Cross Director, Education
Informal Learning
Formal
Structured
Regimented
Measured
Predictable
Formal
Structured
Regimented
Measured
Predictable
The world has changed.
IBM Survey: 800 organizational leaders
Adaptability Creativity
Formal approaches to learning aren’t delivering the skills we need.
SkillSkill
SkillSkill
Education prepares you to cope with certainty.”
“Learning prepares you to deal with surprises.
Prof. Stephen Heppell
There is no certainty.
How do people learn in the real world?
Informal Haphazard
Unstructured Idiosyncratic
Exciting!
How do popular musicians learn?
TOO MUCH SHAKESPEARE “TURNS STUDENTS OFF THE BARD”
!
A generation of children will be turned off Shakespeare after being “force fed” plays such as The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth at secondary school, a leading headmaster has warned.
‘BORING’ SCIENCE LESSONS “PUTTING STUDENTS
OFF FOR LIFE” !
School science lessons are so "boring" that they are putting many youngsters off the subject for life, MPs claimed yesterday.
How do we make education more relevant and engaging?
The answer is right in front of us.
Build on the informal ways in which young people acquire skills and
knowledge in their own time.
Create the right conditions for students to learn informally,
and from each other.
Teacher as facilitator, rather than curriculum delivery system
Bring the excitement of real-world, informal learning into the classroom.
