Thursday, June 10, 2010

12 Questions to innovate education

1. How do we determine success of the learning and teaching efforts?
2. How do we train students to be successful considering their individuality and preferences?
3. What do parents and students expect from the school experience and how can we deliver it?
4. What activities can students and parents do after school to supplement the classroom teaching?
5. What are teachers' expectations of their students/ parents and how can we help students/ parents meet them?
6. How can we recruit, empower, motivate and train the teachers to be committed and accountable for the students’ success?
7. How do we engage the community to invest their time and money for the schools?
8. What changes can be made to the curriculum, class duration, number of school years and teaching mechanism to prioritize higher value/ impact elements and reduce optional elements?
9. How can we use technology to help students learn and teachers teach?
10. How can schools be operated so administrators can focus on monitoring, experimentation and engaging students, parents, teachers and the community?
11. What lessons from other successful teaching experiments can be applied to a broader set of schools?
12. How do we constantly monitor and change how we teach to meet needs of the future generation?

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