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From: WISE <[email protected]> Subject: WISE Newsletter - Announcing a World Tour of Innovation To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 2:32 AM #yiv1607413185 { font-size:11px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#666666;} #yiv1607413185 a { text-decoration:underline;color:#b6bf27;} #yiv1607413185 img { border:0;} #yiv1607413185 p { text-align:justify;line-height:1.2em;margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;} #yiv1607413185 blockquote { margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185border-top { border-top:solid 1px #999999;padding-top:10px;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185border-bottom { border-bottom:solid 1px #999999;padding-bottom:10px; } #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185centred { text-align:center;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185big { font-size:14px;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185icons img { margin-left:5px;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185bigicons img { margin-right:10px;} #yiv1607413185 h2 { font-weight:normal;font-size:48px;color:#b6bf27;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;} #yiv1607413185 h3 { font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;color:#b6bf27;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;} #yiv1607413185 h3.yiv1607413185footer { font-size:22px;} #yiv1607413185 h4 { font-weight:normal;font-size:13px;color:#b6bf27;margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;} #yiv1607413185 ul { padding-left:12px;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185dark { color:#999;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185light { color:#666;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185green { color:#b6bf27;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185dark .yiv1607413185text-link { color:#999999;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;} #yiv1607413185 .yiv1607413185light .yiv1607413185text-link { color:#666666;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;} Newsletter | May 26, 2011 01 Announcing a world tour of innovation – with the new WISE publication The WISE publication aims to find out how innovation in education happens, what it focuses on and when it is time to scale up. A lot of knowledge resides with those who are practising it, including applicants for — and winners of — the WISE Awards. WISE invited innovation specialist Charles Leadbeater to conduct research on the ground and to present it in a special book at the next WISE Summit in Doha, Qatar, 1-3 November 2011. We interviewed Mr Leadbeater about the book and how he plans to put innovative educational projects under the spotlight. Why is there a need for such a publication? C.L.: There's a large and growing gap between the kind of education systems we have and the kind we need to meet the scale and nature of demand in the future. Understanding how we can close that gap between what we have and what we need is thus a vital question. Innovation to find better, more effective, low-cost, different solutions will be essential to closing this gap.. How do you plan to organise this on-the-ground research? C.L.: We are visiting about 20 projects that were among the final shortlisted candidates for the WISE Awards. Our trip will take us to different countries and continents and we will spend time with the people working on the projects. I believe the innovators involved in these initiatives have crucial insights and knowledge that could both inspire and inform those following in their wake. Charles Leadbeater is a leading authority on innovation in education. He has advised companies, cities and governments around the world on innovation strategy. In collaboration with Annika Wong, Mr Leadbeater wrote "Learning from the Extremes" - a report on innovative approaches to education. What key subject areas do you plan to cover? C.L.: Our initial research suggests that there are innovations aimed at opening up access to education for different groups, overcoming barriers of geography and social prejudice. Then there are innovations that focus on how education is delivered, for example via new technologies. A third set focuses on what people learn through education and the competencies that are needed for the future, such as skills for sustainability, intercultural understanding or creativity and cooperation. What thoughts would you like to leave with your readers? C.L.: We want to inspire people to see that it is vital to accelerate and take innovation in education to scale globally. Education, especially when it is combined with access to technology, gives people a tremendous sense of hope. If we disappoint that hope, then young people will grow frustrated. To avoid that, we need to find new ways to make high-quality learning available at a low cost to millions of young people. I hope the WISE book will excite and inspire people to want to take on this challenge. 02 Insights from the WISE Awards 2011 Jury This year the WISE Awards Jury will once again select six winners from a shortlist of 20 finalists, under the theme Transforming Education: Investment, Innovation and Inclusion. Since 2009, the WISE Awards have been providing some of the best examples of how educational challenges are being addressed around the world. This year members of the Jury reveal what they hope to find in the best projects. Find out more about the WISE Awards Jury here What members of the Jury are looking for: Making quality education more accessible and less expensive Developing new teacher training frameworks Creating models that are adaptable and replicable Giving local communities more opportunities to get involved Enhancing learning through new approaches, including both pedagogy and technology Showing commitment to collaboration and partnerships Today's needs – as seen by members of the Jury "Traditionally education has been provider-driven. The priority should be to identify the real needs of the society for the types of knowledge and competencies that are relevant for the citizen of the 21st century." Prof. Asha Singh Kanwar, Vice President, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada "We must develop new paradigms for teaching teachers, new vehicles (digital or otherwise) for disseminating knowledge, new incentives for parents to be willing to send their children to school and a new focus by multinational consortia that will evaluate education, making it a pressing global priority." Ms Linda Koch Lorimer, Vice President and Secretary, Yale University, USA "The major challenges in education are: lack of access to education; poor quality of education; the cost of providing and receiving education; an outdated curriculum – largely irrelevant to the needs of the society; inequality in terms of gender and geographical location; and a lack of opportunities for lifelong learning." Dr Abdul Waheed Khan, President, Talal Abu Ghazaleh Business University, Kingdom of Bahrain "There is a need to highlight best practices because they can inspire other projects and be of use to practitioners and learners around the world". H.E. Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, PhD, Chairman of WISE and Chairman of the WISE Awards Jury Only 5 days left to apply for the WISE Awards 2011 Innovative educational projects from all regions of the world and from all educational sectors may apply for the WISE Awards 2011. The six winners will be announced at the next WISE Summit 1-3 November 2011. Applications for the WISE Awards can be made until 31 May here In partnership with www.wise-qatar.org Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Sent to [email protected] — why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences MANIFEST LONDON LIMITED · 175-185 Grays Inn Road · London, Greater London WC1X 8UE
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