System Redesign - How to Transform Your School
In order to meet the needs of 21st century education, many schools are embracing the concept of System Redesign. This programme looks at this emerging trend and discusses whether it is the responsibility of the school or the government to bring about educational reform.
System Redesign breaks down the concept of school into its most basic building blocks. It then analyses everything from curriculum to student leadership and decides whether it is relevant for learning in the future.
The programme looks at how several learning establishments have all transformed some of their most fundamental elements under the guise of modernising.
Professor David Hargreaves argues that innovation in schools is alive and well, and in order for the education system to change, innovation must be led by schools - not central government.
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FacebookKai Vacher on 12 May 2008
If you have watched this film and want to find out more I suggest you consider signing up for the two SSAT conferences i ...
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- Duration: 30:00 minutes
- Published: 19 February 2008
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Specialist Schools and Academies Trust A set of publications on the topic of system redesign from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust website
International Networking for Educational Transformation (iNet): System Redesign More information on worldwide System Redesign in schools
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Follow up12 May 2008 - 11:44If you have watched this film and want to find out more I suggest you consider signing up for the two SSAT conferences in Manchester on 17th June or London on 25th June. The focus for the SSAT's National Conference between 26-28 November is "Leading System Redesign". More info at www.schoolsnetwork.org.uk.
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Wow!16 April 2008 - 20:57What a challenging, inspiring and idea-packed programme. What appeals to me is the 'can do' attitude; the idea that as teachers, we can have the experience, the abilities and self-confidence to work in new ways, with students, to improve our schools dramatically. More like this please!
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system redesign30 March 2008 - 11:42The approach of separating elements of innovation, and trying them out separately, seems to me very open and liberating. It reduces the antagonism between different views, between "all new but unreliable" and the "old, secure but rusty and outdated."
I would be very interested in finding out more about these schools, and about how these different innovations will work out in the long run.
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