1. Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President bassett@nais.org
The “Big Shifts” … and
Schools of the Future
“The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
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Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President
Who said that? Also coined the term “cyberspace”)
William Gibson, American/Canadian writer, philosopher

2. Generative, Design Thinking
What Are the Most Important Questions for Schools, at any Level?
What are the skills & values the 21st C. will demand & reward?
The Five Cs + One (What we’ll teach)
Can we agree on them?
What are “The Big Shifts” that will redefine “schooling”? (How we’ll teach)

3. The Six Big Shifts (plus one) Knowing……………. Doing
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Six Big Shifts (plus one)
(Brought to you, free, by the Internet Revolution)
Knowing……………. Doing

4. Creativity, Robotics, Teaming and STEM
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Falmouth Academy’s Submersible Robot
“Demonstrations of Learning”
Ted Sizer’s “Exhibitions”

5. Teacher-centered…….. Student-centered
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Big Shifts
Knowing…………….. Doing
Teacher-centered…….. Student-centered

6. Run

7. Teacher-centered…….. Student-centered The Individual……… The Team
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Big Shifts
Knowing…………….. Doing
Teacher-centered…….. Student-centered
The Individual……… The Team

8. Expeditionary Leadership Training Watershed School, CO
NOLS-based Leadership Basics:
Taking Care of…
Yourself…
Your Stuff…
Your Responsibilities to the Team
In the context of real-world project-based learning and problem-solving
Measured by CWRA critical-thinking assessment.

9. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts. (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Big Shifts
Knowing….……….…. Doing
Teacher-centered….… Student-centered
The Individual……….. The Team
Consumption of Info…Construction of Meaning

10. Lamplighter School (TX) Egg Business
Run
Urban School (CA) Oral Histories

11. Rio Grande School (NM)

12. Marymount – NYC
“Fab Lab”
Key Design Thinking Concepts:
Exploring
Imagining
Experimenting
Prototyping
3-D fabricator/printers

13. NAIS’s Challenge 20/20: High Noon
Sharing our planet: Issues involving the “global common”
Global warming
Biodiversity and ecosystem losses
Fisheries depletion
Deforestation
Water deficits
Maritime safety and pollution
Sharing our humanity: Issues requiring a global commitment & covenant
Massive step-up in the fight against poverty
Peacekeeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism
Education for all
Global Infectious Diseases
Digital divide
Natural disaster prevention and mitigation
Sharing our rulebook: Issues needing a global regulatory approach
Reinventing taxation for the 21st century
Biotechnology rules
Global financial architecture
Illegal drugs
Trade, investment, and competition rules
Intellectual property rights
E-commerce rules
International labor and migration rules.

14. 20/20 Fay School Entrepreneurship: Global Problem: Water Deficits Global Solution: WaterWalker
Fay School (MA) 8th graders

15. Challenge 20/20: Montessori School of Denver

16. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts. (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Big Shifts
Knowing………….…. Doing
Teacher-centered…… Student-centered
The Individual………. The Team
Consumption of Info.…Construction of Meaning
Schools………………..Networks (online peers & experts)

17. PLCs & Crowdsourcing Lessons & Curriculum

18. Othello – Orson Wells (1952)
Othello – Laurence Olivier (1965)
Othello – Laurence Fishburne (1995)
Othello – Cheers version (1983)

19. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts. (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Big Shifts
Knowing…………..….. Doing
Teacher-centered…..… Student-centered
The Individual…….….. The Team
Consumption of Info….. Construction of Meaning
Schools………………... Networks (online peers & experts)
Single Sourcing………. Crowd Sourcing

20. Crowdsourcing Meets Gaming
Nobel Prizes in Science and Medicine?

21. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts. (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Big Shifts
Knowing…………….. Doing
Teacher-centered…… Student-centered
The Individual………. The Team
Consumption of Info….Construction of Meaning
Schools………………..Networks (online peers & experts)
Single Sourcing……… Crowd Sourcing
High Stakes Testing….. High Value Demonstrations

22. Grant Wood’s Victorian Survival
Smithsonian Podcast interpretation by Katy Waldman, Holton Arms School
Demonstration of Learning

23. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts. (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
The Big Shifts
“Students moving from the passenger seat to the driver’s seat.” #edfuture

24. Generative, Design Thinking
What Are the Next Most Important Questions for Schools, at any Level?
How will we assess & measure success?
formative tests, demonstrations of learning, electronic portfolios
How will we lead?
Change agency leadership
Betting on the fast horses

25. Are We Ready for the Big Shifts. (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C
Are We Ready for the Big Shifts? (cf. MacArthur Foundation, 21st. C. Learning)
Resources on the NAIS Website (
Click on or search for The Five C’s Plus One: Skills and Values for the 21st C.: Also see separate blogs on each of the C’s: Creativity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication; Character; Cosmopolitanism (Cross-cultural Competency). (Search for Bassett Blog on Creativity; Bassett Blog on Character; etc.)
Click on or search for Bassett Tedx Talk on Schools of the Future: The Big Shifts (27 minutes)
Click on or search for Independent School Fall 2009 magazine article on “Demonstrations of Learning for 21st. C Schools”: Note the six skills I wrote about at the beginning of that article have subsequently morphed into the 5 “C’s” + One)
Click on or search for “Schools of the Future” for resources and profiled innovative schools and programs
See Appendix (Next): Related Slides

26. The Five C’s + One Creativity Communication Collaboration
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For a TEDx video version of this presentation, search on the NAIS website for “The Big Shifts.” For an overview and links to blogs on each of these topics search on the NAIS websites for “The Five C’s + One”
Creativity
Communication
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Character
Cosmopolitanism – Cross Cultural Competency

27. Cultural GPS: U.S. vs. Japan
PFB… in Japan: Tsunami Headlines. Department Chair Selection
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28. Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President bassett@nais.org
The “Big Shifts” … and
Schools of the Future
For titles and subtitles each word capitalized except articles and prepositions and conjunctions for four or fewer letters. Title and subtitle text appears black on clear/white backgrounds.
Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS President

29. What does the research say?
Our own blue ribbon panel of college leaders?

30. The public perception of the gap between “what’s important” and “how effective schools are in teaching it.”
KnowledgeWorks newsletter, Oct. 2007

31. What does the research say?
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