Leapfrog Education

From Rote-Memorization to Innovation

What’s Leapfrog?

to take a giant step to accelerate competition to leap into future to use tomorrow’s technology today

How the concept of Leapfrog is applied to education?

introduce the futuristic education todayby implementing the fourth version of education by skipping the middle versions

What are the different versions of education?

Version 1.0: Rote-memorizationVersion 2.0: ElectronicVersion 3.0: CreativityVersion 4.0: Innovation

How do the versions of education differ from each other?

Version 1.0: Rote-memorization

Resource: ChildrenTools: Syllabus, Classroom, Teacher, Board, ExamsProcess: Memorization, ReproductionOutput: Clerks of 20th centuryProductivity: Reproduces the definition of an egg

Version 2.0: Electronic

Resource: ChildrenTools: Media, Library, Internet, CDs, Audio Visual aidsProcess: Identifying competencies, activities/projects, collecting information, writing research papers, making presentations Output: Clerks of 21th centuryProductivity: Writes a research paper about the eggs of different species, makes a presentation on this topic

Version 3.0: Creativity

Resource: ChildrenTools: Media, Library, Internet, CDs, Audio Visual aids, arts and craft materials, workshopsProcess: Identifying tasks, collecting information, thinking creatively, presentations Output: middle-managersProductivity: Collecting, sorting and storing eggs

Version 4.0: Innovation

Resource: ChildrenTools: Mind, Mentor, MatterProcess: Team building, Thinking, Researching, Need Analysis, Innovating Output: Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Innovators Productivity: Hatching Eggs

What are some of the areas of innovation education?

Literature Language Arts Music Design Fashion Food Manufacturing Marketing Advertising Machines

Hardware Software Games Learning aids Citizenship Crafts Harvesting Breeding Ideology Social interactions

What are the benefits of Version 4.0 (Innovation)?

Increase in productivityImproved services: cost reduction, better qualityNew products and services Stronger bondage among peopleEnhanced channels of communication between educational institutes and industryStrengthening of national identity Advanced thinking and research skillsImproved standards of reading, writing and mathematics

What’s the critical analysis of version 4.0 and version 1.0?

Version 1.0 Version 4.0

Daily The whole day is divided into periods. Students spend most of the time taking notes, listening to lectures, memorizing or taking exams.

Half of the school time is for developing academic competencies or practising skills and the remaining is for thinking, making plans, researching or inventing.

Students Assessment

They are graded on the quality of their reproduction.

Their competencies are assessed through the contributions they make in their team during the innovation process.

Teachers Performance

By counting the students passes in their class.

By assessing the application of students’ academic competencies, the way teachers mentored and facilitated the process of innovation.

School Evaluation

By calculating the percentage of the A-1 grades achieved.

By the number of useful innovations, the way students researched, developed, presented and implemented their innovations.

What versions of education do we have in Pakistan?

Most madaris, government and private schools are version one (rote memorization)A few private schools are version two (electronic)Still fewer are version three (creativity)Most of the developed world is version three

Where the concept of Leapfrog was developed and implemented?

The concept of Leapfrog was developed by the University of Minnesota (USA)It was first implemented at the local schools of MinnesotaFrom there it was picked up by Chinese who are now implementing it as the fourth version of education

How much is needed to leapfrog the fourth version?

Not a penny more than what’s already been allocatedAn innovative mindsetA paradigm shift

Where do we start?

Model schools Staff identification and version 4.0 trainingA central training and support cell

Where can we get more information?

www.educationfutures.comwww.leapfroginstitue.comwww.eastonline.com.pk

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Taxonomy –Version 4.0Thinking systemically: perceiving existing patterns and con structing alternatives to them.

Thinking simulationally. Conducting "What if?" thought experiments and mental rehearsals using controlled imagination and projections.

Thriving in the midst of changes, challenges, and unknowns: developing perspectives, knowledge, and choices to cope with and leverage complexity and uncertainty.

Creating and manipulating alternative pasts, presents, and futures: creating and managing virtual time; developing flexible definitions of social and personal time; selectively associating alternative pasts and futures with multiple pre sents.

Developing and responding to goals and challenges: setting goals and objectives; detecting and anticipating impediments to success; designing solutions to impediments.

Understanding and effectively utilizing existing information: accessing and selectively employing information in pursuit of opportunities and problem resolutions.

Constructing and utilizing personally applicable knowledge: selectively transforming information into personally usable knowledge; building a personally styled capability to add in tellectual and other forms of variety to the world; enhancing decision-making options.

Constructing and utilizing knowledge related to contexts, processes, and cultures: perceiving, designing, and con structing real and virtual contexts suitable for specific tasks; compiling and utilizing many perspectives on given subjects; enhancing decision-making options.

Utilizing current and emerging lCT systems: staying atop the technologies that permit modern learning and economies; being first in the adoption and effective use of hardware, software, and net-working technologies.

Acquiring and assessing knowledge of selected global trends: constructing "big pictures" of the world using differ ent resources for each picture; becoming a global thinker and citizen; employing big pictures to help contextualize rela tively localized problems, opportunities, goals and means.

Writing, speaking, and using media through a unique voice: developing and utilizing personal uniqueness; applying uniqueness alone and with cohorts, groups, and teams; de veloping identity and character.

Taking personal responsibility for intentions and perform ance quality: ethically accepting accountability for personal actions and inactions; accepting personal and social assess ments of performance quality.

Topics of InnovationLiterature – Drama: write and perform a drama highlighting a social issueLanguage – Punctuation: develop new rules for SMS, InternetArt – Material: Create a new material using natural and human made substanceDesign-Housing: Create a more environmental friendly and economical housing, and then market it.Manufacturing – Process: Increase the productivity of a system at a factory

Stages of Innovation

Students’ Capacity Building (part 1)

Students’ Capacity Building (part 2)

Students’ Capacity Building (part 3)

Training Needs

Competency based educationMultiple intelligenceTeam buildingProject management

conclusionInnovation version 4.0 is about brining students directly in touch with the challenges of the society

To make them come up with profitable products and services

To help them work directly with professionals and managers for the development of new and viable ideas that can increase value

This taxonomy is developed by John Moravec of University of Minnesota

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