New educator roles will be invented in order to create learner-centered ecosystems.
Possible new roles for the catch all term 'teacher'.
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1/ Learning Pathway Designer
Curator of learning journeys.
Works with students, parents, and learning journey mentors to
- set learning goals
- track students’ progress and pacing
- model activities that support learning experiences aligned with competencies
2/ Competency Tracker
Codifies the value of learning experiences by adding “learning nutrient labels” like subject matter, core concept, level, and standard.
This information helps learners design learning pathways and customised “school” experiences.
3/ Pop-Up Reality Producer
Builds on game strategies for maximising engagement.
Creates transmedia curriculum that surrounds the learner, integrating play and learning into a seamless experience of inquiry and growth, helping students pursue their learning passions.
4/ Social Innovation Portfolio Director
Connects student problem-based learning groups with local community challenges.
Supports students in becoming transformation agents in their own communities by linking their education to tangible change and impact.
5/ Learning Naturalist
Designs assessment protocols that capture evidence of learning in students’ diverse learning environments and contexts.
Combines qual and quant analyses of observable behaviours to discern patterns of behaviour and make meaning of learner performance.
6/ Micro-credential Analyst
Verifies, rates and communicates the rigour of micro-credentials – mechanisms for demonstrating mastery of discrete skills and concepts – in increasingly unbundled learning ecosystems.
7/ Data Steward
Protects learner privacy and grows the value of learners’ personal data for both learning ecosystems and learners.
Maintains broader education data system integrity and effective application through purposeful analytics.
The diversification of educator roles will hopefully bring about:
- growing diverse talent pool
- personalised learning
- ecosystem interconnections
- increased learning rigour
This thread is based on Exploring The Future Education Workforce written by @katprince for @knowledgeworks
- seeing both sides of an issue
- being open to new evidence that disconfirms your ideas
- reasoning dispassionately
- demanding that claims be backed by evidence
- deducing and inferring conclusions from available facts
- solving problems
Students cannot think about something from multiple perspectives if they don't know much about it.
The processes of thinking are intertwined with the content of thought (that is, domain knowledge).
You can't teach critical thinking devoid of content.
Princeton economist William J. Baumol famously questioned the concept of improving productivity for a Beethoven string quartet.
Drop the second violin?
Ask the musicians to play twice as fast?
Let's explore what happens when we turn this analysis to education.
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1/ The number of musicians needed to play a Beethoven string quartet hasn’t changed in centuries, yet today’s musicians make more than Beethoven-era wages.
Baumol argued that the quartet needed to raise wages to keep its cellist from going into a better-paying job instead.
2/ Stated in terms of the musicians - their number and their work as performers - Baumol is right that increasing productivity is impossible.
What if we thought instead about the listeners and their experience?