I was one of the lucky few who was given an advance copy of Seth Godin’s book: Linchpin: Are you Indispensable? His book hits home for me especially involving education. I asked Seth how his ideas fit with schools today and how we can better prepare for our students’ future:
Q. Since I work with educators, I am curious how you see teachers leading this change to more of a gift-giving and artist model? How do you see teacher education in the future as it relates to this model?
Q. Education tends to be a top-down driven model where administrators, standards, policies, and test scores drive what teachers teach. How do you see education changing with this model where the individual sets their agenda?
Q. Do we need to continue the industrial education model (school buildings open 9-3, students at specific grade levels, teachers in classrooms, and summers off), or do you have new models for education based on your ideas of giving, sharing, and artists that set their own agendas?
I’m curious what you think of this new type of artist that we will need. Comments are welcome and encouraged below.
I recommend this book for anyone interested in change, the future, and what type of person we will need for our future. You can set up your own Lens. This article was cross-posted on The Environmentalist