The Magic of Polarities or Contraries

Polarities or Contraries Transformation Requires Better Ways of Dealing with Opposites

Dave Goldberg Big Beacon [email protected]

© David E. Goldberg 2016


Elsewhere…

4 Ine!ective Ways to Transform

•  Wrong Way #1: Start with Content, Curriculum & Pedagogy

•  Wrong Way #2: Seek “Buy-In” from a committee of both supporters & skeptics

•  Wrong Way #3: Make big plans, raise lots of money, then make change.

•  Wrong Way #4: Focus on disciplinary content revision.


Note: “Wrong” way juxtaposed with “E!ective” way in current situation.


Content, curriculum, pedagogy à culture & emotion


These opposites are called polarities or sometimes contraries


Elsewhere…

© 2013 David E. Goldberg

POLARITIES OR CONTRARIES IN TRANSFORMATION

© David E. Goldberg 2016 Please do not reproduce or distribute without permission.

Many Opposites (Polarities) in Change

•  Teamwork vs individual work •  Autonomy vs. control •  Professor-center teaching vs. student-centered

learning •  Hard work vs. fun •  Weak polarity not a solution: View opposite

pole as solution to “problems” of current pole.


© David E. Goldberg 2011 © David E. Goldberg and Mark Somerville 2013 Please do not reproduce or distribute without permission.

Olin and Polarity Management


Change = learning to manage or leverage polarities di!erently.


Application in Education


In pairs: Reflect on some of the polarities in trying to change in higher (K12, engineering, etc.) education. Make a list (the longer the better).


Debrief


In pairs: Fill in the polarity map of the following polarity:

•  Professor-centered teaching & Student-centered learning

In pairs: Map out polarity between student-centered learning & teacher-centered teaching.


Some ideas for outside study



Listen to podcast

with Barry Johnson

(here)

Read/discuss one/both books


In pairs: Map out other key polarities in education transsformation.


Reflect on Key Takeaway


Learning-Action Teams

IntroducDon: An Improbable Journey Chapter 1: Engineering Happiness – The Olin Experience Chapter 2: The Incubator – Helping a Big Old Dog Learn New Tricks Chapter 3: The Spirit of

InvenDon – Recapturing the InspiraDon of Engineering EducaDon Chapter 4: The Whole New Engineer – Engaging the 6 Minds Chapter 5: The EmoDonal Breakthrough – 5 Pillars of

TransformaDon Chapter 6: The Whole New Learner – From Carrots and SDcks to Intrinsic MoDvaDon Chapter 7: The Whole New Professor – From Expert to Coach Chapter 8: The Whole New Culture – From Classrooms and Curriculum to Culture Chapter 9: Changing the Way We Change – From Bureaucracy to Change Management Epilogue: An InvitaDon to CollaboraDve DisrupDon -‐ See more at: h\p://threejoy.com/whole-‐new-‐engineer/#sthash.6YTCMQhz.dpuf

Get Involved

•  Read the book www.wholenewengineer.org

•  Hold a book club. •  Read the manifesto

www.bigbeacon.org) •  Do something with

EIWG, SWNE, or IAB, write [email protected].

© 2016 David E. Goldberg

Polarities or Contraries Transformation Requires Better Ways of Dealing with Opposites

Dave Goldberg Big Beacon [email protected]


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