Schools that work for kids | Eric Sheninger | TEDxBurnsvilleED
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2014
- This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Schools have historically been set up to work for teachers. Learn about easy steps almost any school can take to make schools more student oriented.
Eric is a Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) www.leadered.com/ and Scholastic Achievement Partners (SAP). He also maintains a presence as a practitioner by serving as the K-12 Director of Technology and Innovation in the Spotswood School District (NJ). Prior to this he was the award-winning Principal at New Milford High School. Under his leadership his school became a globally recognized model for innovative practices. Eric oversaw the successful implementation of several sustainable change initiatives that radically transformed the learning culture at his school while increasing achievement. Learn more about Eric at ericsheninger.com
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When I speak to schools I get the 'That's a great idea, but it will never work with my kids'. My reply is, 'No, it won't work because you don't want to let it work.', I'm usually sent packaging at that point. I will from now on send this video as a warmer to open the conversation to be honest.
As a public school principal I can agree with many of the big ideas in this Tedx Talk. I just wish that someone would start with reinventing colleges and college entrance criteria, instead of trying to change public schools first. One of our jobs as K-12 educators is to prepare students for the next step and that includes taking the ACT or SAT. As public school educators we have accountability systems including state tests and these tests don't measure creativity or collaboration. This talk puts the cart before the horse. In our school we do allow BYOD and we use Minecraft in the classroom, we also have a wonderful Makerspace, as well as a garden and chickens. We are being as innovative as possible because we do put students first and we want them to be passionate about learning. But they also have to pass the test!
+Kelly Ursini I saw a yougurt company that allows their workers to take naps and play (I can't really remember the name of it though)
But I do agree with the fact the change should be reverse from college to elementry
There are colleges that do not require SAT and ACT. Students can choose those colleges. If most high schools refuse to take standardized testing, then maybe colleges will stop requiring them. But as of now, most of the best universities around the world do require applicants to sit some kind of standardized tests. They are the most time efficient method thus far. Otherwise, how do you screen millions and millions of applicants each year? Auditions?
As someone who was homeschooled all my life and am about to graduate college: you don’t need regular standardized testing in order to get good scores on the ACT (I didn’t take the SAT). You don’t even need to “know” all the answers, just how to figure them out. I rarely took tests when I was “in school” and still got into a good college with a scholarship. I understand that you feel restricted because of various policies but saying you have to have kids doing all these tests in order to prepare them for college is an inaccurate statement.
Have you heard of WGU? They're been pioneering an innovative self-based, competency-based online college model since 1997 (regionally accredited in 2003). Students can take as many courses as they want to during a semester, and they can enroll in new courses right after they finish one. They can also test out of classes if they already understand the material, without even taking any assignments! WGU has a 96% acceptance rate and a frozen cost (including tuition and fees) of only about $3,500 per 6-month semester. Also, no standardized test is required except the ATI TEAS exam for Prelicensure Nursing students. Maybe you can tell your students about WGU so they can focus on learning for its own sake rather than passing standardized tests. That's awesome your school is so innovative!
My man Eric...getting it done!
Great talk and message!
ok I can't be the only one from the principal's office
Me too. And his personality was completely different in The Principal's Office.
@@ecstasycalculus yeah probs because the show was staged a bit. honestly wish we could have a 2023 reboot of the show
This dude is wikid smart!
There is, sadly, a HUGE difference between learning and school. That difference is a HUGE problem. Kids innately love to learn things. It's adventurous! It's exciting! It's absolutely addictive! Kids don't find that in school. They find that in the real world and online. It's a terrifying thing to admit, but school as it is doesn't do what it's supposed to.
This is very true but I think the public school system does well at creating one thing: obedient workers.
Jess Whallon Which was its original purpose during the Industrial Age
Students are being trained to pass standardised tests. Schools and tutors are assessed on how many students they get through tests with high grades. Everyone in education is being tested and evaluated against standardised criteria. This creates a risk averse environment.
I hate social media sometimes
I'm usually anti-social
I love to learn
I hated school and
If I didn't have friends I probably would've failed.
72Reshu PE suxks
On point!
I like ALL of these ideas. How can I defend the positive changes when faced with standardized testing and curriculum requirements? Looking for professional words to use... I'm not the most eloquent. May I have permission to show your video?
Of course!
I plan to teach digital citizenship as we use tech in the classroom.
#citationneeded
Very interesting. But a talk given by someone who either doesn't know or choses to ignore the many innovations that are already being made. Plenty of schools incorporate technology in a very interesting way, plenty don't put students in rows and plenty of students learn by experiential project work. To say that all students hate school totally undermines this guy's credibility. The hyperbole turns me right off what otherwise would be a useful and valid message.
I am sure my employer would love it if I told them I needed a nap while at work. This is as ridiculous as calm down corners-we are producing soft kids who think the world owes them everything.
Anyone else notice that this whole speech against traditional modes of education... was conducted in a traditional mode of education?
FAIL
ha ha ha ha yes, noticed that.....
So obvious. Great comment
Are you watching this on your phone or computer on your own volition? If so, then not necessarily. Also, consider that he is preaching to people stuck in traditional modes, therefore he is meeting them where they are hoping to change their stuckness. Just a thought.
Lectures are more effective with people who voluntarily go to them, i.e. his audience, and he isn’t actually trying to “teach” as “inform”. Lectures aren’t a bad thing just an ineffective teaching tool when the main mode of information transfer, especially at younger ages
There has consistently been a pattern of contradictions and hypothesis through his career as an educator. As a principal he talked at students not with them, and in so doing he missed opportunities to make learning experiences of problems with students who weren't "making the grade". He is not an effective communicator. I agree: FAIL!
not sure if we can trust a "educator" who mispronounces pedagogy..
+John Spry -- Mirriam Webster lists four different possible pronunciations.
How do you say it? Sounds right to me
Eh, he's from New Jersey. I think it's just a accent
Not sure if we can trust someone that doesn’t capitalize the first word of a sentence, either. Lol
School IS the real life for school children...When they go to college, then college becomes their real life...When they get a job, then their job becomes their real life...What are you talking about