Leapfrog Education Leapfrog Education

From Rote-Memorization to InnovationFrom Rote-Memorization to Innovation

What’s Leapfrog?What’s Leapfrog?to take a giant step to take a giant step to accelerate competition to accelerate competition to leap into future to leap into future to use tomorrow’s technology to use tomorrow’s technology todaytoday

How the concept of How the concept of Leapfrog is applied to Leapfrog is applied to

education?education?introduce the futuristic introduce the futuristic education todayeducation todayby implementing the fourth by implementing the fourth version of education version of education by skipping the middle versionsby skipping the middle versions

What are the different What are the different versions of education?versions of education?

Version 1.0: Rote-memorizationVersion 1.0: Rote-memorizationVersion 2.0: ElectronicVersion 2.0: ElectronicVersion 3.0: CreativityVersion 3.0: CreativityVersion 4.0: InnovationVersion 4.0: Innovation

How do the versions of How do the versions of education differ from each education differ from each

other?other?

Version 1.0: Rote-Version 1.0: Rote-memorizationmemorization

Resource: ChildrenResource: ChildrenTools: Syllabus, Classroom, Tools: Syllabus, Classroom, Teacher, Board, ExamsTeacher, Board, ExamsProcess: Memorization, ReproductionProcess: Memorization, ReproductionOutput: Clerks of 20th centuryOutput: Clerks of 20th centuryProductivity: Reproduces the Productivity: Reproduces the definition of an egg definition of an egg

Version 2.0: ElectronicVersion 2.0: ElectronicResource: ChildrenResource: ChildrenTools: Media, Library, Internet, CDs, Tools: Media, Library, Internet, CDs, Audio Visual aidsAudio Visual aidsProcess: Identifying competencies, Process: Identifying competencies, activities/projects, collecting activities/projects, collecting information, writing research papers, information, writing research papers, making presentations making presentations Output: Clerks of 21th centuryOutput: Clerks of 21th centuryProductivity: Writes a research paper Productivity: Writes a research paper about the eggs of different species, about the eggs of different species, makes a presentation on this topic makes a presentation on this topic

Version 3.0: CreativityVersion 3.0: Creativity

Resource: ChildrenResource: ChildrenTools: Media, Library, Internet, CDs, Tools: Media, Library, Internet, CDs, Audio Visual aids, arts and craft Audio Visual aids, arts and craft materials, workshopsmaterials, workshopsProcess: Identifying tasks, Process: Identifying tasks, collecting information, thinking collecting information, thinking creatively, presentations creatively, presentations Output: middle-managersOutput: middle-managersProductivity: Collecting, sorting and Productivity: Collecting, sorting and storing eggs storing eggs

Version 4.0: InnovationVersion 4.0: InnovationResource: ChildrenResource: ChildrenTools: Mind, Mentor, MatterTools: Mind, Mentor, MatterProcess: Team building, Process: Team building, Thinking, Researching, Need Thinking, Researching, Need Analysis, Innovating Analysis, Innovating Output: Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Output: Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Innovators Innovators Productivity: Hatching EggsProductivity: Hatching Eggs

What are some of the areas What are some of the areas of innovation education?of innovation education?Literature Literature Language Language ArtsArts MusicMusic DesignDesign FashionFashion FoodFood Manufacturing Manufacturing MarketingMarketing AdvertisingAdvertising MachinesMachines

HardwareHardware SoftwareSoftware Games Games Learning aidsLearning aids CitizenshipCitizenship CraftsCrafts HarvestingHarvesting BreedingBreeding Ideology Ideology Social Social

interactionsinteractions

What are the benefits of What are the benefits of Version 4.0 (Innovation)?Version 4.0 (Innovation)?Increase in productivityIncrease in productivityImproved services: cost reduction, better Improved services: cost reduction, better qualityqualityNew products and services New products and services Stronger bondage among peopleStronger bondage among peopleEnhanced channels of communication between Enhanced channels of communication between educational institutes and industryeducational institutes and industryStrengthening of national identity Strengthening of national identity Advanced thinking and research skillsAdvanced thinking and research skillsImproved standards of reading, writing and Improved standards of reading, writing and mathematicsmathematics

What’s the critical What’s the critical analysis of version 4.0 analysis of version 4.0

and version 1.0?and version 1.0?Version 1.0 Version 4.0

Daily The whole day is divided into periods. Students spend most of the time taking notes, listening to lectures, memorizing or taking exams.

Half of the school time is for developing academic competencies or practising skills and the remaining is for thinking, making plans, researching or inventing.

Students Assessmen

t

They are graded on the quality of their reproduction.

Their competencies are assessed through the contributions they make in their team during the innovation process.

Teachers Performan

ce

By counting the students passes in their class.

By assessing the application of students’ academic competencies, the way teachers mentored and facilitated the process of innovation.

School Evaluatio

n

By calculating the percentage of the A-1 grades achieved.

By the number of useful innovations, the way students researched, developed, presented and implemented their innovations.

What versions of education What versions of education do we have in Pakistan?do we have in Pakistan?

Most madaris, government and Most madaris, government and private schools are version one private schools are version one (rote memorization)(rote memorization)A few private schools are A few private schools are version two (electronic)version two (electronic)Still fewer are version three Still fewer are version three (creativity)(creativity)Most of the developed world is Most of the developed world is version threeversion three

Where the concept of Where the concept of Leapfrog was developed and Leapfrog was developed and

implemented?implemented?The concept of Leapfrog was The concept of Leapfrog was developed by the University of developed by the University of Minnesota (USA)Minnesota (USA)It was first implemented at the It was first implemented at the local schools of Minnesotalocal schools of MinnesotaFrom there it was picked up by From there it was picked up by Chinese who are now implementing Chinese who are now implementing it as the fourth version of it as the fourth version of educationeducation

How much is needed to How much is needed to leapfrog the fourth leapfrog the fourth

version?version?Not a penny more than what’s Not a penny more than what’s already been allocatedalready been allocatedAn innovative mindsetAn innovative mindsetA paradigm shift A paradigm shift

Where do we start?Where do we start?Model schools Model schools Staff identification and Staff identification and version 4.0 trainingversion 4.0 trainingA central training and support A central training and support cell cell

Where can we get more Where can we get more information?information?

www.educationfutures.comwww.educationfutures.comwww.leapfroginstitue.comwww.leapfroginstitue.comwww.eastonline.comwww.eastonline.com.pk.pk

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Taxonomy –Version 4.0Taxonomy –Version 4.0Thinking systemically: perceiving Thinking systemically: perceiving existing patterns and con structing existing patterns and con structing alternatives to them.alternatives to them.

Thinking simulationally. Conducting Thinking simulationally. Conducting "What if?" thought experiments and "What if?" thought experiments and mental rehearsals using controlled mental rehearsals using controlled imagination and projections.imagination and projections.

Thriving in the midst of changes, Thriving in the midst of changes, challenges, and unknowns: developing challenges, and unknowns: developing perspectives, knowledge, and choices to perspectives, knowledge, and choices to cope with and leverage complexity and cope with and leverage complexity and uncertainty.uncertainty.

Creating and manipulating alternative pasts, Creating and manipulating alternative pasts, presents, and futures: creating and managing presents, and futures: creating and managing virtual time; developing flexible virtual time; developing flexible definitions of social and personal time; definitions of social and personal time; selectively associating alternative pasts selectively associating alternative pasts and futures with multiple pre sents.and futures with multiple pre sents.

Developing and responding to goals and Developing and responding to goals and challenges: setting goals and objectives; challenges: setting goals and objectives; detecting and anticipating impediments to detecting and anticipating impediments to success; designing solutions to impediments.success; designing solutions to impediments.

Understanding and effectively utilizing Understanding and effectively utilizing existing information: accessing and existing information: accessing and selectively employing information in pursuit selectively employing information in pursuit of opportunities and problem resolutions.of opportunities and problem resolutions.

Constructing and utilizing personally applicable Constructing and utilizing personally applicable knowledge: selectively transforming information into knowledge: selectively transforming information into personally usable knowledge; building a personally personally usable knowledge; building a personally styled capability to add in tellectual and other forms of styled capability to add in tellectual and other forms of variety to the world; enhancing decision-making options.variety to the world; enhancing decision-making options.

Constructing and utilizing knowledge related to Constructing and utilizing knowledge related to contexts, processes, and cultures: perceiving, contexts, processes, and cultures: perceiving, designing, and con structing real and virtual contexts designing, and con structing real and virtual contexts suitable for specific tasks; compiling and utilizing suitable for specific tasks; compiling and utilizing many perspectives on given subjects; enhancing decision-many perspectives on given subjects; enhancing decision-making options.making options.

Utilizing current and emerging lCT systems: staying atop Utilizing current and emerging lCT systems: staying atop the technologies that permit modern learning and the technologies that permit modern learning and economies; being first in the adoption and effective use economies; being first in the adoption and effective use of hardware, software, and net-working technologies.of hardware, software, and net-working technologies.

Acquiring and assessing knowledge of selected global Acquiring and assessing knowledge of selected global trends: constructing "big pictures" of the world trends: constructing "big pictures" of the world using differ ent resources for each picture; becoming using differ ent resources for each picture; becoming a global thinker and citizen; employing big pictures a global thinker and citizen; employing big pictures to help contextualize rela tively localized problems, to help contextualize rela tively localized problems, opportunities, goals and means.opportunities, goals and means.

Writing, speaking, and using media through a unique Writing, speaking, and using media through a unique voice: developing and utilizing personal uniqueness; voice: developing and utilizing personal uniqueness; applying uniqueness alone and with cohorts, groups, applying uniqueness alone and with cohorts, groups, and teams; de veloping identity and character.and teams; de veloping identity and character.

Taking personal responsibility for intentions and Taking personal responsibility for intentions and perform ance quality: ethically accepting perform ance quality: ethically accepting accountability for personal actions and inactions; accountability for personal actions and inactions; accepting personal and social assess ments of accepting personal and social assess ments of performance quality.performance quality.

Topics of InnovationTopics of InnovationLiterature – Drama: write and perform a Literature – Drama: write and perform a drama highlighting a social issuedrama highlighting a social issueLanguage – Punctuation: develop new Language – Punctuation: develop new rules for SMS, Internetrules for SMS, InternetArt – Material: Create a new material Art – Material: Create a new material using natural and human made substanceusing natural and human made substanceDesign-Housing: Create a more Design-Housing: Create a more environmental friendly and economical environmental friendly and economical housing, and then market it.housing, and then market it.Manufacturing – Process: Increase the Manufacturing – Process: Increase the productivity of a system at a factoryproductivity of a system at a factory

Stages of InnovationStages of Innovation

Students’ Capacity Students’ Capacity Building (part 1) Building (part 1)

Students’ Capacity Students’ Capacity Building (part 2)Building (part 2)

Students’ Capacity Students’ Capacity Building (part 3) Building (part 3)

Training NeedsTraining NeedsCompetency based educationCompetency based educationMultiple intelligenceMultiple intelligenceTeam buildingTeam buildingProject managementProject management

conclusionconclusionInnovation version 4.0 is about brining students Innovation version 4.0 is about brining students directly in touch with the challenges of the directly in touch with the challenges of the societysociety

To make them come up with profitable products and To make them come up with profitable products and servicesservices

To help them work directly with professionals and To help them work directly with professionals and managers for the development of new and viable managers for the development of new and viable ideas that can increase valueideas that can increase value

This taxonomy is developed by John Moravec of This taxonomy is developed by John Moravec of University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota

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