Most Important Paradigm Changes Needed for Schools
Best Practices Research and Experiences of the Centre
- Class size/organization of learning
- Cooperative learning vs. teaching
- Teaching vs. learning role
- Teacher/learning specialist
- Design, facilitate, teach
- Pay policies and assistants
- Integration/cooperation partnerships vs. responsibility of educators only
- Full learning areas focus vs. knowledge only:
- Cognitive—knowledge
- Affective—attitude
- Skills
- Facilities use
- Nine months vs. year round
- All/each student learning vs. assembly line mentality—no choice of school
- Technology/Internet
- To aid learning
- To access information
- Reading Skills (the lever for all other learning)
- In English/multilingual (even better at early age)
- Third grade level in Third grade
- Life Planning/Sense of Purpose
- Gives life meaning/direction
- Can change frequently—so what
- Imaging/visibility of professions
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