My first thoughts are the trends set out by Core Education and the development of them over the years. Some of the main trends include gamification, collaborative learning environments/innovative learning environments/modern learning environments, learner agency, equitable access etc
Below are the Ten Trends collated by Core found here: http://www.core-ed.org/thought-leadership/ten-trends
Trends seem to be aspects of education that we need to be developing over a period of time. Networked communities, equitable access and digital fluency are aspects in education that can't be fixed overnight. They need time, strategies and problem-solving to find the best solutions that help each individual school develop stronger awareness around these issues.
Issues on the other hand are problems that we might not necessarily be able to fix but ones in which we could find strategies to help become less problematic for those in our school communities.
Issues such as poverty impacting on the ability to have equitable access, resistance to change impacting the need to create more evolved ways of assessing students through design thinking and cross-curricular assessment. There are MANY issues in schools that can't be solved by individual teachers and need to be a collaborative, joint approach where we work together to find possible solutions to help lessen the impact of the issues in order to try keep ahead with possible trends.
Wilson (2012) says that an issues "point to unresolved concern, questions and tensions that arouse...."
Trend Analysis
http://tinyurl.com/TMLtrendsROT
Collaborative Task:
Issue One: 'Shifting the focus to student-centred learning'
"In the most successful schools, the trustees, leaders and teachers have an uncompromising
focus on fostering students‟ interests and strengths, and on addressing their learning needs.
They understand that their role is to serve students. Their philosophies about how students
should experience education are lived out in rich learning programmes, thoughtful
management of the curriculum, positive school cultures, and in effective leadership and
governance practices. A synergy and coherence exists between these aspects that contribute
positively to the whole experience of being a learner. Importantly, there is an ethic of care
for students‟ current and future success." (ERO, 2012, p. 7)
“Importantly, leaders cultivate teaching communities that are focused on improving student success. They do this through an intensive focus on understanding the connection between teaching actions/decisions and students‟ engagement and learning. Leaders support teachers to share “collective responsibility and accountability for students‟ achievement and wellbeing” (p.120). Students are at the heart of school business.” (ERO, 2012, p. 10)
Individual task:
Contemporary issues or trends in NZ or internationally
Trends in NZ:
- Makerspaces
- The development of spaces inside classrooms that provide the ability for students to use design thinking, imagination and maker skills to create something new and consistently evolving.
- ILE/MLM
- The need to create more student centred spaces that allow students to feel comfortable, engaged, interested and flexibility to make choices as to where they sit and learn best.
- The mindset of modern learning environment/innovative learning environments whereby kaiako are developing stronger awareness around their pedagogy and the changes needed to ensure stronger perspectives around ....?
Issues in NZ:
- Assessment
- The need for more open perspectives within how we assess for our students.
- Equity
- The need to be more aware of the inequity in NZ with students and their access of digital tools to enhance their learning.
There are HEAPS of really cool blogs out there - check out the NZ educator blogroll on www.edblognz.blogpost.co.nz
Loved this example: https://riharinz.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/change-for-my-teaching/
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Further reading:
Education Review Office. (2012). Evaluation at a Glance: Priority Learners in New Zealand Schools. Retrieved 18 May 2016, from http://www.ero.govt.nz/About-Us/News-Media-Releases2/The-three-most-pressing-issues-for-N
KPMG International. (2014). Future state 2030: the global megatrends shaping governments”. KPMG International Cooperative: USA. Retrieved fromhttp://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/future-state-government/Documents/future-state-2030-v3.pdf
National intelligence council.(2012). Global trends: Alternative Worlds. National Intelligence Council: US. Retrieved fromhttps://globaltrends2030.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/global-trends-2030-november2012.pdf
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