ACE on the Road!
The Australian College of Educators and the University of Canberra are proud to present the 2009 ACE on the Road speaker;
Professor Erica McWilliam
presenting
The 21st Century Teacher:
From Sage to Guide to Meddler
Most baby boomers know that ‘every eye on me’ was the catch cry of the instructive teacher in the twentieth century. A teacher’s job was to instruct, inspire, scold, cajole. A ‘pupil’s’ job was to listen, attend, absorb, regurgitate. The predominance of that style of teaching is supposed to have changed, and for many, it has. Where we once spoke of pupils and teachers, we now speak of ‘the child-as-learner’ and teachers as ‘facilitators of learning’. Where once every eye was to be on the teacher, now learners are to be focused on their own learning and that focus should last for life.
For contemporary teachers, this means a shift from ‘sage on the stage’ to ‘guide on the side’. The modern teacher understands that ‘child-centeredness’ is the driving logic of pedagogical work, and that powerful learning may occur when a teacher spends less time instructing and more time providing support for learners and learning.
In this presentation, Erica McWilliam explains why a further move is needed for this century, with teachers increasingly seeing themselves as ‘meddling in the middle’ of the curriculum, co-creating and assembling knowledge and cultural products with students and collaborating in evaluating their worth.
When: Wednesday 13 May 2009
Where: Clive Price Suite 1, University of Canberra
At: Choice of two sessions: 4.00pm or 7.00pm
Cost: ACE Members: $30.00 Non members: $40.00 Students: $10.00 (ID required)Groups of 5 or more: Members’ rates (all prices include GST)Light refreshments provided
Professor Erica McWilliam’s career has involved four decades as a teacher and educational researcher. She has taught in a wide range of Australian school settings, from small regional schools to large urban schools, in the government and non-government sectors.
Erica is the leader of the Creative Workforce Program in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, based at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She has also recently taken up a professorial appointment with the National Institute of Education in Singapore. Her scholarship covers a wide spectrum, as is evidenced in her numerous publications on creative capacity building, innovative teaching and learning, research methodology and training, and educational leadership and management.
Professor McWilliam is well known for her contribution to educational reform and its relationship to ‘over the horizon’ work futures in the context of the new knowledge economy. Her latest book, The Creative Workforce: How to launch young people into high flying futures was published last year with UNSW Press in Sydney.
Click here for further information and registration information, visit www.austcolled.com.au or phone 1800 208 586.
Professor Erica McWilliam
presenting
The 21st Century Teacher:
From Sage to Guide to Meddler
Most baby boomers know that ‘every eye on me’ was the catch cry of the instructive teacher in the twentieth century. A teacher’s job was to instruct, inspire, scold, cajole. A ‘pupil’s’ job was to listen, attend, absorb, regurgitate. The predominance of that style of teaching is supposed to have changed, and for many, it has. Where we once spoke of pupils and teachers, we now speak of ‘the child-as-learner’ and teachers as ‘facilitators of learning’. Where once every eye was to be on the teacher, now learners are to be focused on their own learning and that focus should last for life.
For contemporary teachers, this means a shift from ‘sage on the stage’ to ‘guide on the side’. The modern teacher understands that ‘child-centeredness’ is the driving logic of pedagogical work, and that powerful learning may occur when a teacher spends less time instructing and more time providing support for learners and learning.
In this presentation, Erica McWilliam explains why a further move is needed for this century, with teachers increasingly seeing themselves as ‘meddling in the middle’ of the curriculum, co-creating and assembling knowledge and cultural products with students and collaborating in evaluating their worth.
When: Wednesday 13 May 2009
Where: Clive Price Suite 1, University of Canberra
At: Choice of two sessions: 4.00pm or 7.00pm
Cost: ACE Members: $30.00 Non members: $40.00 Students: $10.00 (ID required)Groups of 5 or more: Members’ rates (all prices include GST)Light refreshments provided
Professor Erica McWilliam’s career has involved four decades as a teacher and educational researcher. She has taught in a wide range of Australian school settings, from small regional schools to large urban schools, in the government and non-government sectors.
Erica is the leader of the Creative Workforce Program in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, based at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She has also recently taken up a professorial appointment with the National Institute of Education in Singapore. Her scholarship covers a wide spectrum, as is evidenced in her numerous publications on creative capacity building, innovative teaching and learning, research methodology and training, and educational leadership and management.
Professor McWilliam is well known for her contribution to educational reform and its relationship to ‘over the horizon’ work futures in the context of the new knowledge economy. Her latest book, The Creative Workforce: How to launch young people into high flying futures was published last year with UNSW Press in Sydney.
Click here for further information and registration information, visit www.austcolled.com.au or phone 1800 208 586.
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