September 15, 2015 - Session 2
Projections about the challenges that tomorrow’s adults will face
Problems in reforming education
The intended outcome is that the OCM will learn some of the difficulties of coordinating education to the needs, values, and issues of the era’s citizenry. The OCM will use their insights about past reforms to develop an improved process for educational reform throughout the course.
Activity 4: Orientation – the OCM will learn a brief history of educational reform efforts in the United States to establish the challenges of changing educational systems. (15 minutes) Click here for a link to the slide show presented.
Activity 5: Possible Strategies for Creating Effective Educational Reforms – a discussion (40-60 m)
a. Futuristic thinking
b. Learning lessons from failures in educational reform
c. Focusing on the nature of student motivation
d. The nature of schools and change
e. OCM’s possible role in making a difference - Anthropologist Margaret Mead’s quote
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
f. Other strategies
Activity 6: OCM groups will begin a discussion on how to rate the significance of predictions of global challenges that derived from the homework assignments in Activities 3 and 7. (15-25 minutes)
Activity 7: Homework assignment – Using the internet, locate two more, fact-based stories that predict global challenges that future adults will face. Bring the internet link for each story and a paper copy of each to class next week. In Session 3, you will rate your stories using information from Activity 6.
Problems in reforming education
The intended outcome is that the OCM will learn some of the difficulties of coordinating education to the needs, values, and issues of the era’s citizenry. The OCM will use their insights about past reforms to develop an improved process for educational reform throughout the course.
Activity 4: Orientation – the OCM will learn a brief history of educational reform efforts in the United States to establish the challenges of changing educational systems. (15 minutes) Click here for a link to the slide show presented.
Activity 5: Possible Strategies for Creating Effective Educational Reforms – a discussion (40-60 m)
a. Futuristic thinking
b. Learning lessons from failures in educational reform
c. Focusing on the nature of student motivation
d. The nature of schools and change
e. OCM’s possible role in making a difference - Anthropologist Margaret Mead’s quote
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
f. Other strategies
Activity 6: OCM groups will begin a discussion on how to rate the significance of predictions of global challenges that derived from the homework assignments in Activities 3 and 7. (15-25 minutes)
Activity 7: Homework assignment – Using the internet, locate two more, fact-based stories that predict global challenges that future adults will face. Bring the internet link for each story and a paper copy of each to class next week. In Session 3, you will rate your stories using information from Activity 6.