Dennis Shirley - Transforming Education

The video discusses the current imperatives in educational policy, highlighting five dominant ones: ideological, imperial, prescriptive, insular, and standardizing. It critiques their effectiveness, noting a lack of evidence for improved student learning. The speaker proposes a new set of imperatives focusing on evidence, global awareness, and existential understanding, urging a shift towards these to inspire educational change.

What are the five imperatives that dominate the status quo of education today?

How does the speaker suggest we should approach evidence in education?

What is meant by the 'existential imperative' in the context of education?

What challenges does the speaker identify in shifting from old to new imperatives?

In what ways does the speaker propose to create a transformed future of educational change?