What Can I Learn From a Canadian?
1 like3,097 views
This document discusses education systems and curriculum changes. It touches on several key points: 1. It compares different education systems around the world in terms of equity and quality of education. Some high-performing systems like Singapore achieve both strong equity and high quality. 2. It discusses how curriculum changes can drive other shifts in schools, with examples of British Columbia moving towards more inquiry-based and student-owned learning. 3. It emphasizes the importance of teacher autonomy and networks both within and outside a district for sharing lessons learned and influencing changes. Scaling work is difficult, so connecting and building networks is key.
What Can I Learn From a Canadian?
- 1. 1
- 2. Elected Boards Local Accountability Community School Districts Committed teacher Associations
- 3. No federal involvement Little ability to raise monies locally 3
- 4. Creating a system for modern learners & learning 4 change
- 6. Weakness of the relationshipbetweenachievement andfamilybackground (ESCS Index) Studentachievementinreading,mathematicsandscience(PISA) Weak equityandlowquality Strong equityand high quality Strong equityandlowquality Weak equityandhigh quality
- 7. • Singapore Weakness of the relationshipbetweenachievement andfamilybackground (ESCS Index) OECD, 2016 Studentachievementinreading,mathematicsandscience(PISA) Qualit • HongKong • China 2015
- 8. What are examples of what we say is important (eg. Critical thinking, creativity, etc.) not matching what we do (eg. Traditional curriculum)? 8
- 9. 9 BC’s entire K-12 curriculum has been redesigned
- 10. • Reduce the prescriptive nature of curriculum • Allow for flexibility and choice for teachers and student • Respect inherent logic in disciplines while supporting interdisciplinary learning. • Enable teachers to be creative and innovative in their design of learning experiences Guiding Principles
- 11. • Core competencies provide the foundation for the curriculum • All core competencies are now posted • Created on a continuum (not by grade level) Curriculum – Core Competencies Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting
- 13. How can we use curriculum changes to drive other shifts in our schools? 13
- 14. 14 Shift The curriculum shift has really been a shift in practice
- 15. 15 Moving A move towards inquiry and student ownership
- 16. Are we happy that our assessments are leading to improved learning? 16
- 17. British Columbia has no high stakes assessment 17
- 18. 18 System Assessments in BC • Foundation skills assessments in grade 4 & 7 • Literacy and numeracy assessment in high school • None of this counts for marks or is reflected on student report cards
- 19. 19 Universities are changing their entrance requirements
- 20. Teacher independence is viewed as critical Autonomy 20
- 21. Passion projects, portfolios & capstone assignment 21
- 22. What are examples of lessons you have learned from outside your district and applied them to your jurisdiction? 22
- 23. We have seen networks as a key – both locally and globally Connecting 23
- 24. IB/AP Finland, Australia and High Tech High Influencers 24
- 25. 25 We are also learning from other Provinces
- 26. 26 We need to be a learning system throughout From system leaders to teachers to students
- 27. Yeah, but . . . ? How do you scale the work
- 28. YOU DON’T YOU CONNECT AND BUILD NETWORKS Think diffusion not replication
- 29. 29 29
- 30. 30