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A Manifesto for the Future from 3000 students in UK - applies to our schools also
Thank you to Deborah Vrabel's for bringing this to my attention through a post on NewLearning. She also blogged about the topic at Artful Innovation.
The Tate Museum has not made that omission. They asked over 3000 students across the United Kingdom to share their views on what they need to be the creative and succeed in the future. The result was the following:
The Manifesto for a Creative Britain:
1. We want less formality in schools and more creativity in the classroom.
2. Change the curriculum so that our subjects reflect our lives.
3. Create spaces where we can vent our creativity.
4. Let us have opportunities to take risks so that we are not afraid to try new things.
5. We need mentoring help to get us into the creative industries. We don’t know how it works.
6. We need to gain confidence in ourselves.
7. Allow us to learn from each other, to get fresh ideas from cultures other than just our own. We want to mix it up.
8. We need it to be easier to use the internet at school.
9. Invest money in us because we are the future.
10. We are prepared to start at the bottom and make our way up.
11: We want time for out-of-school activities and we want them to count towards our qualifications.
12: Give us the choice between exams or coursework.
This should be food for thought for all educators. How can it be used in our quest for a successful Future of Education worldwide?
The Tate Museum has not made that omission. They asked over 3000 students across the United Kingdom to share their views on what they need to be the creative and succeed in the future. The result was the following:
The Manifesto for a Creative Britain:
1. We want less formality in schools and more creativity in the classroom.
2. Change the curriculum so that our subjects reflect our lives.
3. Create spaces where we can vent our creativity.
4. Let us have opportunities to take risks so that we are not afraid to try new things.
5. We need mentoring help to get us into the creative industries. We don’t know how it works.
6. We need to gain confidence in ourselves.
7. Allow us to learn from each other, to get fresh ideas from cultures other than just our own. We want to mix it up.
8. We need it to be easier to use the internet at school.
9. Invest money in us because we are the future.
10. We are prepared to start at the bottom and make our way up.
11: We want time for out-of-school activities and we want them to count towards our qualifications.
12: Give us the choice between exams or coursework.
This should be food for thought for all educators. How can it be used in our quest for a successful Future of Education worldwide?
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Permalink Reply by lynn mccartney on -
I think that these ideas accurately reflect comments made by many students across the United States. I know they echo many of the ideas Marc Prensky elicits when he interviews students as part of his presentations. We would do well to listen to these ideas and try to transition school systems and our CIA to better represent these needs and attitudes.
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Permalink Reply by Richard on
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Thanks for this Sharon....it really helps the discussion I am trying to develop this week. (the week of the BETT Show in London). It links especially with point 7.
10 factors why the Harnessing Technology Strategy has not made a bigger impact in many schools
1. The suggested technology is too difficult for many staff to fully grasp
2. There hasn’t been a large enough investment of time or money in CPD.
3. Headteachers and senior managers do not fully understand the central role that ICT has to play in developing teaching and learning
4. Schools are continually diverted by other things.
5. Technology is not perceived to be able to fulfil the needs of the school
6. A strategic overview has not been provided by Becta, Regional Broadband Consortium or the LA
7. Staff do not understand the ways the ICT can support personalised learning
8. Staff do not (or are unable to) incorporate ICT in to their schemes of work/learning and planning
9. External or internal technical support has not enabled staff to do what they want/hope/dream of doing
10. The ICT capability of students is not developed if tasks are superficial
Version 1 11th January 2010
richard.smith@taw.org.uk
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Permalink Reply by Ric Barline on
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Hi Richard. I first read your topic in the "Welcome!" section, and now see you have re-posted it as a reply to this discussion. May I suggest that you start a new discussion to get the ball rolling? I would like to reply, but would rather do so once you get a thread of your own, rather than building off of either the Welcome or this discussion. Let me know when (if) you do. You might also simply post a reply in my own topic How to support the integration of technology into education
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