How Do We Achieve Education Transformation?
We must ask ourselves where we go from here? The current economic climate demands that we get energized and dig ourselves out of the slump that we are in. It is imperative that we rise from the ashes of financial devastation and debt. This we need to do. This we need to do in order to foster a new awakening in education and financial literacy. We need to transform the way students and people in general think about them selves. We need to first secure the jobs and teacher resources needed to provide a quality education for every child. It is possible that the IB curriculum can help. First and foremost, technology and educational research tools must be common to the student’s toolbox and must be mastered by the student. Language Arts & Literacy must be engaging in the use and interaction of technology across the curriculum. Real World relevance must be shown and exemplified.
We must model creativity, exploration, and experimentation. Teachers must plant the seeds of possibility within each student that lead to a process of inquiry. Teachers must find ways to inspire our children and young people. We need to evaluate past experiences and prior learning gained from life experiences and environment. We need to know what a persons interests and passions are. We need to help them set goals that will empower them in pursuit of their dreams. Every student is made capable and ready to engage in self-driven, self-directed, “enhanced coached” learning activities. A multi-cultural approach is the norm where there are high expectations for every student and teacher. The strength of diversity is celebrated and embraced. The classroom must become a team environment where children support each other and regularly work as individuals, partners, small groups, and whole class or team instructed activities.
The “Enhanced Coached” approach makes a point to operate in the northern educational hemisphere of the student motivation wheel as defined by Andrew J. Martin of the University of Sydney in The Australian Educational Researcher Vol. 30, Number 3, and Dec. 2003. The following bold terms are defined as “Motivation Boosters” desired by students. 1. Self-belief is high and students are encouraged to learn and stretch. 2. There is a learning focus and a value of schooling present. 3. Persistence is modeled and required as a given. Quitting is not an option. 4. Planning is practiced and perfected. 5. Study management is outlined, modeled, and embraced. Opposed to the following, which are all in the southern educational hemisphere of the student motivation wheel and defined as “Motivation Guzzlers” by Martin. 1. Anxiety 2. Uncertain Control 3. Failure Avoidance 4. Self-sabotage Teachers must adopt what I refer to as an “Enhanced Coaching Zone” mindset in order to focus the activities of students in the northern hemisphere of Martin’s Student Motivation Wheel on a daily basis. Teachers must be 100% engaged and committed to this model in order to elevate our children and young people to an enhanced performance level in the Arts, athletics, science, medicine, music, technologies, manufacturing, philosophy, Literature, engineering, architecture, etc. This commitment and model of education can lead to new discoveries and solutions to current problems and those that have not yet made themselves known. One mind is capable of great discovery and creation. One mind can make a difference. We cannot afford to fail to develop our greatest resource and human potential. Our future depends on a transformation in education. Our hope is in education and new learning. Our hope is in motivation and personal development. I hope is in new discovery. Our hope is in new businesses and new business models. Our hope is in preventative healthcare and wellness. Our hope is in new systems and products. Our hope is in giving and growing. We insure a transformation in education by taking responsibility for our own education, reinvention, and financial literacy. We insure the transformation of education by leading from the “Enhanced Coaching Zone.”
Kenneth Hobbs is an educator and personal development, performance enhancement coach. He earned his BA in History & Psychology from Oglethorpe University. He earned his AS in Science in Education and Social Sciences from Georgia Perimeter College. He is also dedicated to business coaching, as well as, distributor development and recruiting for Monavie. He may be contacted through his site at the following link. Go to: http://mymonavie.com/KennyHobbs
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Kenneth Hobbs is an educator and personal development, performance enhancement coach. He earned his BA in History & Psychology from Oglethorpe University. He earned his AS of Science in Education and Social Sciences from Georgia Perimeter College. He is also dedicated to business coaching, as well as, distributor development and recruiting for Monavie. He may be contacted through his site at the following link. Go to: http://mymonavie.com/KennyHobbs
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