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An IB Virtual Teacher Bookstudy of

Ulcca Hansen’s

The Future of Smart

Sponsored by the Ohio IB

Summary of The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive by Ulcca Joshi Hansen PhD

Our best efforts at improving education have failed to improve the lives of children, or change society for the better. This is no accident: the current system ignores our deepest knowledge about how human beings thrive.

Being “smart” today is still about sorting kids based on how well they absorb and retain knowledge. We need education to reflect a different set of values: interdependence, community, diversity, and deep, dynamic learning.

We need it to align with human development, facilitate learning for different kinds of brains, and prepare young people for a changing society and evolving workplace.

Blending history and science with stories from inside, The Future of Smart is a must read for anyone concerned about the future of education.

A passionate advocate for transformation in our education system, Dr. Ulcca Hansen explains the disconnect between what we want for our children, and what education today provides.

Dr. Hansen is Chief Program Officer at Grantmakers for Education and has worked in the education field for two decades. Her personal experiences as an English-language learner and first-generation college student inform her perspective on what it means to provide an “equitable” education for every child and meaningfully engage communities in that effort.

The Future of Smart shows how we can build an education system to nurture the unique, human capabilities of each child, and lay the groundwork for a more equitable, just and humane future.

When: 5 virtual meetings between Tuesday, January 6 and Thursday, February 26, from 4:00pm-5:00pm, meeting details are below

Who: all IB teachers in Ohio and Indiana from the IB Continuum

Cost: $100 per two teachers for member schools, $75 for one teacher from member schools, $150 per teacher non-member schools

Teachers will receive a certificate for 10 continuing education hours and/or 10 Gifted Professional Development hours from the Ohio IB

Teachers should obtain their own copy of the book prior to our study. Paperback copies on Amazon are currently $15.89

Meeting Outline

Tuesday, January 06-Read Forward, Author’s Note, Introduction, and Chapter 1, “Education at a Crossroads” (pp.1-54).

Tuesday, January 20-Read Chapter 2 and 3, “The Origin of the Divide in Our Modern Worldview” and “The Worldview Divide in Education” (pp.55-89).

Thursday, February 05-Read Chapters 4 & 5, “Holistic-Indigenous and Ecological Values in Education” and “From Theory to Practice: The Instructional Model Framework” (pp. 91--140). 

Thursday, February 19-Read Chapter 6 and 7, “How the Worldwide Divide Lives On through Educational Orientations” and “A Path Forward” (pp. 141-220).

Thursday, February 26-A discussion with author, Ulcca Hansen