today we will be discussing whether or
not moderate education is failing us as
students now the modern education system
was designed to help us prepare for the
future whether that is to get jobs help
us succeed in life get us to our future
goals or to give us help us leap into
adulthood now but what if I told you we
haven’t evolved with the now in the last
hundred years all this technology was
given to us as an opportunity to evolve
yeah we haven’t grasped it into our for
the better good of the people let me
show you why take this phone for example
cuz it was made over a hundred years ago
and compared to the iPhone or any other
smartphone if you’re complete of your
choice and have a look at this car made
over a hundred years ago and compared to
our modern-day car the possibilities are
endless when it comes to evolution in
technology around us yet it doesn’t seem
like the case when it comes to evolving
in education we went from but wooden box
is not to be stuck on walls or poles to
portable smartphones with touchscreens
and from cars that were man powered and
could barely drive up a hill to modern
day cars that are now eco-friendly
self-sufficient and automatic driving
cars now you may think that a lot has
changed but you’re wrong especially when
you compare a classroom in the nineteen
hundreds and compare it with a
modern-day classroom now I have a
suggestion to help us in general
learning and that is to get rid of core
subjects I’m not saying you shouldn’t do
math or science but I’m saying once you
enter your secondary life you should be
able to choose what subjects you want to
do in when you pursue your future career
now the world today is led by people in
society who are creatively who think
creatively innovatively and
independently now by choosing your
subjects you enter secondary you get all
that thing all those things together you
become independent you learn to choose
choose things by herself and look into
the future wouldn’t you want to be one
of those people now just consider this
an average secondary student spends
7,000 hours in their secondary education
an average secondary student spends
1,000 days in their secondary education
nemily ask you a question how many of
those $7000 how many of those 1000 days
are truly valuable how many of those
seven thousand dollars how many of those
1000 days impact the future of the
students now everyone in this room has a
different dream a different interest
something different that they want to do
with our lives if that’s the case why do
we all learn the same things sag the
same classrooms getting getting given
the same homework and sitting the same
exact exams and most of those 7,000
hours and most of those 1,000 days are
spent Saturdays writing now personally I
have always found some difficult as I
have significant writing problems as I
have described here which in turn is
made learning difficult for me because
I’m always asked to write and it’s no
surprise that for me the subjects I
succeed in most and I’m most confident
in and enjoy the most are PE music and
drama which require minimal or no
writing now we should be learning
outside outdoor classrooms we need to
break down the walls of the classroom
learn outside being among nature we need
to both learn and teach outside and
indoors if we are all learning outdoors
together it creates bonds team-building
experiences into building activities and
we grow bonds together another way that
we can learn school trips Residential’s
we bond together through team-building
activities we do things together we
experience happiness we do everything
together another way we can learn
outdoor classrooms of some teaching
philosophies recognize the outdoor
classrooms such as for schools and ey FS
or Early Years Foundation Stage which is
from the age of three to five earlier
yes has a great curriculum because they
regards each child uniquely and follows
the interests of the child and they
learn through play and children and
early years they learn the same amount
of time indoors and outdoors equally no
now I’m going to talk to you about how
we use the internet and modern-day
technology today in classrooms well with
permission students are granted the
opportunity to use their smart smart
phones or laptop or computers to look up
stuff on your internet as a substitute
of having to look through textbooks and
worksheets yet we also haven’t given the
privilege of having smart boards but
help with that help showcase
presentations as well as show videos now
I think we are able to modernize this
even better first thing we should be
able to have child-led learning there
meaning that students teach each other
now this is a suggestion as many
students they have a better bond with
one other rather than having with
teachers and for example you may not
know understand this and many students
they have a fear of asking or as they
might be made made fun of or they just
have a fear of asking asking a teacher
well we’re having child learning
students will be able to eradicate those
fears and and ask those questions
without being pressured another one of
these examples is to be self taught now
this can be done in groups or
individually as being self taught you
are you should be able to be to learn at
your own pace and learn with others now
by being self-taught learn and learn at
your own pace you won’t have a fear of
moving too fast from topic to topic as
you should be able to feel like you’re
ready to progress as you go through your
secondary life Finland the Finnish
education system is one of the best
education systems and one of the most
successful education systems in the
world to date and why is the Finnish
education system so good Finnish
education system has the shortest school
day of the year the five hours and it’s
the shortest in the developed world
outdoor learning sessions also embedded
as part of the core
Rick ulam and teachers and students have
a very strong relationship a very strong
bond and a great mutual respect for one
another
students in Finland are also encouraged
to call teachers by their first
Christian name further strengthening
their bond and mutual respect for one
another
students in Finland where non-uniform
and super vote in individuality and they
are they are promoted to express
themselves and relax during their
lessons now I’m going to expand on
Billy’s idea you might ask yourself why
does Finland only do five hours of
school when compared to every other
country in the world they do seven or
more why is it Dale
they are why is it only that they are
handed almost no homework and only one
test at the end of the school year and
they yet they still achieve top scores
well this is because studies have shown
that the one main reason for failure in
school is stress I’m pretty sure all of
you had have experienced stress once or
more now without having homework or
tests that they are able to eradicate
stress within students and therefore
students are able to focus under school
life as well as their personal lives
outside of school now why is it that
students I only take one major exam once
they enter college at 16 well this is
because they aren’t test during their
secondary lives as much as we are well
but yet they are still monitored and
consistently assess and they’re only
given tests based on what they choose to
pursue in the future now without having
regular tests teachers don’t have any
expectations for the students to meet
therefore students don’t have the fear
of failing or feeling like they don’t
meet just meet the standards but the
teachers do give each student targets
and as students they progress through
their lives they reach those targets and
each individual is celebrated and
congratulated as they reach that goal is
modern education failing students how
can modern education move forward how
can we support children to succeed we
need to break
the classroom walls we need to be
learning outdoors both teaching learning
indoors and outdoors we can focus
outside of the curriculum teaching
students basic life skills like how to
buy a house how to raise a child basic
first-aid and practical everyday life
skills we need to embrace the unique and
whole child and support their spiritual
mental and physical development we need
to change to a modern education system
we need to change to an education system
that is not tunnel vision towards the
end goal of academic achievement and the
University pathway we need a modern
education a modern education a culture a
mindset that can promote the
individuality of every person in the
world No one final thing are we right in
preparing students for the future or are
we wrong and truly preparing them for
the past thank you [Applause]