Break the rulesin education
8 ideas
Rule # 1Education happens
at a fixed place
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Rule breaker # 1
Education happens in any place
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Rule # 2
Educationhappens at a
fixed time
Rule breaker # 2
Education happens anytime
Rule # 3Class attendance
of students is controlled
Rule breaker # 3
Education is built on trust
Rule # 4Tables and chairsin seminar roomsare organized in
long rows
Rule breaker # 4
There may be no need for tables or chairs
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The number of ideas are increased by standing up
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Better conclusions are reached by standing up
Rule # 5Education is focused on
supply / curriculum
Rule breaker # 5
Education is focused on demand
Sourcehttps://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Strategic_Thinking/Reshaping_business_education_in_a_new_era_2500
“You’ve got to let the students run the school!”
Blair Sheppard, Dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Rule # 6Students reproduce
knowledge at exams
Rule breaker # 6
Education participantscreate new knowledge
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Eric Liu: In education, we have to have a lot more emphasis on “what if” and not just on “what is”
Rule # 7
Students arerewarded with
grades
Alfie Kohn: The more you reward students for doingsomething, the more they tend to lose interest
Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQt-ZI58wpw
Rule # 8
Students aregiven a diploma
Imagine a world where higher education doesn't end with a diploma, but starts at 18 and continues through life, as the world changes around us.
Sourcehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-lemmey/rethinking-higher-educati_b_387851.html
Rule breaker # 8