{"id":377,"date":"2021-11-24T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/?p=377"},"modified":"2021-11-24T20:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:43:55","slug":"education-goes-detox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/blog\/education-goes-detox\/","title":{"rendered":"EDUCATION GOES INTO DETOX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>by Tim Lougheed, Learning 2030 In-Camera Blogger<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/10055853204_0fae304c2b_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/10055853204_0fae304c2b_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/10055853204_0fae304c2b_z-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Image \u00a9 WGSI\/Michael Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants in the Equinox Energy Summit are reaching a critical milestone, as their deliberations shift from talk of goals and vision to specific instructions for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have broken-up into groups to consider what must be done now to shape an education system for teachers, students, and society in 2030. Why is this important? We are shaping the future generation of climate scientists who will lead the charge in transitioning us to solar energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each group is taking-on a key facet of the problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 one looks at new expectations of teachers<br>\u2022 another considers how students will grow into learners<br>\u2022 another reviews the kind of content those teachers will impart and learners will learn<br>\u2022 and yet another group weighs the options for how this new educational format could be implemented in a world weighed down by schools that still operate on a 19th-century mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps, not surprisingly, one proposal was for a \u201cdetox\u201d period that teachers and students would have to endure, as members of each group shed their traditional roles. This is crucial if we are going to transition our world from non renewable energy sources to 100% reliance on the power of the sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTraining on both sides will not be along the lines of the traditional teacher-student divide,\u201d concludes on participant in the discussion. \u201cIt will be \u2018I am a learner\u2019, first and foremost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200920071908im_\/http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5458\/10055871075_93ea884fc2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Image \u00a9 WGSI\/Michael Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RIFing on different paths to education<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The character of the next generation of teachers is captured as RIF \u2013 researcher, innovator, facilitator \u2013 which is accompanied by the following expectations that they be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>caring<\/li><li>actively researching in their field<\/li><li>serving as effective facilitator, and<\/li><li>not motivated by money<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, summit participants are looking beyond the specific role of teachers to others who might be responsible for overseeing how tomorrow\u2019s schools are run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, summit participants are looking beyond the specific role of teachers to others who might be responsible for overseeing how tomorrow\u2019s schools are run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll the work the kids do should be showcased to the community,\u201d says one participant, observing that the circle of responsibility could extend to members of the community, but not, perhaps to the parents of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love my parents but I wouldn\u2019t want them anywhere near my school,\u201d adds a member of the youth-populated Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> What do we do to make this all happen?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These ideas are beginning to take a more concrete form, so that people lobbying for changes to our educational system will have a sense of what they are expected to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s&nbsp;hard to think about curriculum without thinking about the teacher, without thinking about the learner, without thinking about the \u2018how\u2019,\u201d observes another summit participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time as some are taking a hard look at what people will actually have to do to implement the plan that\u2019s coming together \u2013 as it stands \u2013 other delegates are eager to draft an educational blueprint that will evolve with the technological, economic, and social changes that are bound to occur between now and 2030 involving the transition to solar panels and solar energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWill this be a living document?\u201d one participant wants to know. \u201c[To work in the future], it has to have some traction, to be able to be pushed ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 by Tim Lougheed, Learning 2030 In-Camera Blogger Participants in the Equinox Energy Summit are reaching a critical milestone, as their deliberations shift from talk of goals and vision to specific instructions for action. They have broken-up into groups to consider what must be done now to shape an education system for teachers,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/blog\/education-goes-detox\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EDUCATION GOES INTO DETOX<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgsi.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}