Development of Lifelong Learning Communities

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Development of Lifelong Learning Communities

• A Partnership Between Schools, Communities and
  Industry

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Presentation

• 1. Communities in the 21st century
• Attributes
• Lifelong Learning
• Learning Communities
• 2. Mawson Lakes
• Educational Vision
• Educational Services
• Mawson Lakes School
• 3. School, Community Industry Partnerships
• School-to-Work Transition
• Vocational Education in Schools Strategy
• Northern Adelaide Regional Initiatives
• Mawson Lakes Initiatives
• 4. Conclusions

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Whole of Life Learning

• Just as the whole world is a school for the
  whole of the human race, from the beginning of
  time until the very end, so the whole of a
  persons life is a school for everyone of us,
  from the cradle to the grave. It is no longer
  enough to say with Seneca, No age is too late to
  begin learning. We must say, Every age is
  destined for learning, nor is a person given
  other goals in learning than in life itself.
• (Comenius, 1609)

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Communities in the 21st Century

• Greater diversity, complexity, uncertainty
• Increased globalisation
• Rapidly changing technologies
• Knowledge explosion / Information society
• Micro-economic reform
• Changing nature of work
• Transformation of families
• Enterprising / Innovative communities

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Attributes of 21stC Communities

• Learning community
• Technologically advanced community
• Innovative community
• Healthy community
• Sustainable community
• Positive unique identity
• Connected community

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Attributes of 21stC Communities

• Enterprising community
• Open community
• Traditions, customs, family rituals
• Flexible / adaptable community
• Live, learn, work, play
• Responsible community

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Technological Changes

• School-to-home technology links
• Paperless homework
• eBooks
• Online research methods
• Learning anytime, anyplace

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Lifelong Learning

• Generated significant interest amongst
  governments, economists and educators
• Means of encouraging people to adapt to and meet
  the challenges of change
• Developing knowledge and skills appropriate to a
  changing world
• Powerful global tool in shaping knowledge economy
  and nature of society

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UNESCO Report

• Four foundation pillarsof education
• Learning to know (knowledge)
• Learning to do (skills)
• Learning to live together (communication)
• Learning to be (moral)
• (Delors, 1996)

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What is a Learning Community?

• Learning for anyone, anytime, anyplace
• All people seek to develop knowledge skills
• Achieves economic prosperity / high standards of
  living
• Enriches peoples lives / provide a sense of
  purpose
• Achieves a tolerant and caring community
• Develops a culture of continuous improvement
• Promotes social cohesion, regeneration economic
  development

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What does a Learning Community look like?

• Coherent network of multiple learning settings
• Dissolve borders among learning settings
• Provide a sense of place and learner identity
• Enhance social connectivity among learners
• Adapt quickly to a variety of learning needs
• Accommodate differences in learners
• Provide for both general and specialised study
• Build learning community as something to do

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Mawson Lakes Vision

• To create a 21st century community, global in
  orientation, that successfully balances and
  integrates evolutionary strategies in economic,
  social and environmental activity
• Live, learn, work and play
• Integrated, harmonious, safe and ecologically and
  economically sustainable environment

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Key Elements

• Economic Sustainability
• Energy and Environmental Sustainability
• Information Technologies Telecommunications
• Education
• Social Development
• Urban Design and Character

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Educational Vision

• Create a lifelong learning community
• Educational services make optimal use of advanced
  ITT
• Learning for everyone, anytime, anyplace
• Education contributes to economic sustainability

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Key Drivers of Educational Vision

• Delfin Education Services
• Mawson Lakes (Interim) Education Board
• Research Review
• New Products Services
• Education Training of Community
• Coordination Partnerships
• Global Education Opportunities
• Leadership Transferability
• Economic Development
• Education Services Manager

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Characteristics of Educational Services

• Whole of life education will be available to all
• Optimal use will be made of new information and
  communication technologies
• Principles of sharing, cooperation and
  collaboration will apply in the delivery of
  education
• Educational services will contribute to the
  economic sustainability of the community
• New resource models will be developed for
  delivering education
• Educational services will be international in
  their scope
• Educational services will be of a high quality

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Characteristics of Educational Services

• New partnerships will be formed for delivering
  education
• Special educational signatures linked to the
  community will be developed
• Educational services will take account of the
  surrounding areas
• Principle of transferability to other communities
  will apply to the design and operation of
  educational services
• Educational services will be accessible to all
  and appropriate for all
• Educational services will be responsive to the
  inevitability of unforeseeable change

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New Model for Educational Services

• 21st C model for delivering educational services
• Services - driven operating model
• Array of lifelong learning programs
• Flexible, adaptable and responsive learning
  environments linked by technology
• Distributed and interconnected learning model
• Developing community as a school
• Fitted with and fitted for

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Components of Educational Services

• Mawson Lakes Child Care Centre
• Mawson Lakes School
• Endeavour College
• University of SA - Levels Campus
• Technology Park
• Mawson Centre

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Mawson Lakes School
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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 1. Learning Environment
• Lifelong learning focus
• Distributed, multiple site learning environment
• Fine grain educational model
• Distinctive internal learning environment

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 2. Technology
• Optimal use of new ICT
• Part of advanced inter-connected learning
  environment
• Innovative home-school technological links
• Technology links to broaden curriculum offerings

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 3. Services
• Services-driven operating model
• Educational services to learners of all ages
• Education information, advisory, brokerage
  service
• Customised services / negotiated individualised
  programs
• Specialised educational products and services
• High quality, international educational services

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 4. Curriculum
• Special education signatures
• Globalised curriculum
• Innovative approaches to curriculum delivery

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 5. Organisation
• Extended hours / all year service
• Collaboration and cooperation
• Sharing resources
• Links / partnerships with surrounding schools

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 6. Methodology
• Composite teaching groups
• Discovery learning methods
• Technology integral to learning process
• Range of new learning technologies
• Mixture of professional and para-professional
  staff

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 7. Research Development
• Centre of Excellence for RD of educational
  services for 21stC communities
• Links with Education Faculty of UniSA

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 8. Learning Partnerships
• Form onsite educational partnerships
• Form partnerships with business, industry,
  government agencies and community organisations
• Promote a shared responsibility and obligation
  for public education

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 9. Economic Sustainability
• Increased business and entrepreneurial focus
• Develop, market and sell a range of innovative
  educational products and services

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Mawson Lakes School Characteristics

• 10. Transferability
• New transferable model of education service
  delivery
• Beacon for education in the 21stC

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School-Community-Industry Partnerships

• Partnerships essential to Mawson Lakes School
• Business, Industry, Government agencies,
• Community organisations, Education providers
• On and Off site
• Mawson Lakes cannot operate in isolation
• Northern Region community
• South Australian community
• Australian community
• International community

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School-to-Work Transition

• Three Levels of Integration Required
• Academic and vocational curricula
• School-based learning and work-based learning
• Secondary and post-secondary options
• Characteristics of Successful Programs
• Respond to industry and labour market needs
• Focus of key competencies and expanding pathways
• Partnerships - business, government, labour
  education
• Flexible structures and processes
• Investment by all partners in education
  training
• Establish standards, develop curricula assess
  performance
• Training in broad and technical skills

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Ready, Set, Go Program (1997-1999)

• Broad-banded school-to-work program
• provided vocational education framework for SA
  government schools
• Three key outcomes
• Improved student learning and achievement
• Enhanced strategies for school reform
• curriculum school organisation professional
  development
• Enhanced regional development through productive
  school-community partnerships

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Vocational Education in Schools Strategy
(1999/2000-2000/2001)

• Goals
• Continue development of quality VET in Schools
  system
• Prepare students for life, education, work,
  employment
• foundation in lifelong learning
• skills to enhance employability
• Develop regional models
• Re-culture schools and school communities
• Improve success of all young people

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Vocational Education in Schools Strategy
(1999/2000-2000/2001)

• Three underlying principles
• Transition to work encompasses a lifelong
  learning perspective
• Vocational education is a shared and
  collaborative responsibility
• between education, business, government,
  community interests
• Creative and flexible approaches are needed to
  ensure all students have wider access to
  vocational education initiatives

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A seamless school to work system
LIFELONG LEARNING FLEXIBILITY AND
ADAPTABILITY WORK READY
NEW APRENTICESHIPS
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NORTHERN REGION SCHOOL-INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURES
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Northern Adelaide Regional Initiatives

• Northern Adelaide Development Board (NADB)
• Northern Adelaide Regional Employment Education
  and Training Initiative (NAREET)
• Northern Adelaide Skills Training and Education
  Centre (Nastec Solutions)
• Northern Adelaide Regional Workplace Learning
  Centre
• TRAC
• Regional VET Coordination
• High Performance Enterprising Communities

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Northern Adelaide Regional Initiatives

• TAFE Awareness Programs
• Pathways for All
• Category 2 Workplace Assessor Program
• Key Competencies Pilot
• Work Experience Programs
• Enterprise Education Programs
• Salisbury Enterprise High School
• Paralowie House
• Other School Based Regional Initiatives

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Mawson Lakes Initiatives

• VET in Schools Initiative in IT Industry
• Centre for Environmental Sustainable Development
• Centre for Structured Workplace Learning
• Centre of Excellence in Aged Care
• Online Professional Training Services
• Leisure Education Services
• Overseas Education Services
• ML Education Information and Brokerage Service

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Educational Changes
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Educational Changes
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Mawson Lakes Outcomes

• An enterprising learning community
• High quality education and training
• New employment options
• Programs build onto strengths of local community
• Integration with regional and state directions
• Introduction of new educational signatures
• Generation of national and global markets
• Mutually beneficial collaborative partnerships
• Cooperative building the wealth of the community

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Mawson Lakes New Educational Paradigm

• Learning need not occur at only one time in an
  individuals life
• Create awareness of importance of lifelong
  learning
• to the individual future career options and
  pathways
• to the community an economic generator
• Create environment conducive to lifelong learning
• range of flexibly delivered educational products
  and services for all
• targeted enterprise and vocational education
  programs for youth

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Lifelong LearningUniversal Hoax or a Path to
Salvation?

• Even though there is a strong attraction to
  cast lifelong learning as the panacea which will
  provide answers to most of the big challenges
  awaiting us in the next millennium, to do so is
  to be unrealistic. However, not to see its
  potential for the public good is short-sighted
  and not to act now for the benefit of future
  generations is blindfolded.Lifelong learning
  is not a Panacea or a Pipedream, but is an
  essential dimension for successful existence in
  the 21st century.
• Professor Denis Ralph (1999)

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Mawson Lakes

• Making Lifelong Learning A Reality For All

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Definition of Lifelong Learning

• Lifelong learning is a continuously
  supportive process which stimulates and empowers
  individuals to acquire all the knowledge, values,
  skills and understanding they will require
  throughout their lifetimes and to apply them with
  confidence, creativity and enjoyment in all
  roles, circumstances and environments
• (Longworth and Davies, 1996)

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Vocational and Enterprise Education

• Vocational education
• a broad umbrella statement that encompasses all
  elements related to education, the world of work
  and school-industry links
• Enterprise education
• the development of a set of qualities and
  competencies that enable individuals,
  organisations, communities, societies and
  cultures to be flexible, creative and adaptable
  in the face of social, political and economic
  change