Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School

Translator: Adell El Idrissi Reviewer: James Hill

What I want to talk about today is one idea.

Avui vull parlar sobre una idea.

It's an idea for a new kind of school,

És una idea sobre un nou tipus d'escola,

which turns on its head much of our conventional thinking

que fa canviar radicalment el pensament convencional

about what schools are for and how they work.

sobre perquè serveixen les escoles i com funcionen.

And it might just be coming to a neighborhood near you soon.

I podria arribar ben aviat a un barri a prop teu.

Where it comes from

Prové d'una organització anomenada la Young Foundation

is an organization called the Young Foundation,

which, over many decades,

que, durant diverses dècades,

ha generat diverses innovacions en educació, com la Open University

has come up with many innovations in education, like the Open University

and things like Extended Schools,

i coses com les Extended Schools,

Schools for Social Entrepreneurs, Summer Universities

escoles per a innovadors socials, universitats d'estiu

and the School of Everything.

i la School of Everything.

And about five years ago, we asked

I fa uns cinc anys ens vam preguntar

what was the most important need for innovation

quina era la innovació que feia més falta

in schooling here in the U.K.

en el sistema educatiu aquí al Regne Unit.

And we felt the most important priority

I vam pensar que la prioritat més important

was to bring together two sets of problems.

era ajuntar dos problemes.

One was large numbers of bored teenagers

Un era el gran nombre de joves avorrits

who just didn't like school,

als que no els agradava l'escola,

i no podien veure cap relació entre el que aprenien a l'escola

couldn't see any relationship between what they learned in school

and future jobs.

i les seves feines futures.

And employers who kept complaining

I les empreses que se seguien queixant

that the kids coming out of school weren't actually ready for real work,

que els nens que sortien de l'escola

no estaven prou preparats per a treballar:

didn't have the right attitudes and experience.

no tenien l'actitud o l'experiència.

And so we try to ask:

Així que provem de preguntar-nos:

What kind of school would have the teenagers fighting to get in,

Com seria una escola on els joves es barallarien per entrar

not fighting to stay out?

i no per a marxar-ne?

And after hundreds of conversations

I després de centenars de converses

with teenagers and teachers and parents

amb joves i professors i pares

and employers and schools

i empreses i escoles

from Paraguay to Australia,

des de Paraguai fins a Australia,

and looking at some of the academic research,

i mirant algunes recerques acadèmiques,

which showed the importance

que mostraven la importància

del que ara s'anomenen habilitats no-cognitives

of what's now called non-cognitive skills --

(les habilitats de motivació, resistència...)

the skills of motivation, resilience --

i que aquestes són tan importants

and that these are as important

com les habilitats cognitives (habilitats acadèmiques formals)

as the cognitive skills -- formal academic skills --

we came up with an answer, a very simple answer in a way,

vam arribar a una resposta, una de molt simple,

which we called the Studio School.

que vam anomenar "Studio School".

And we called it a studio school

I n'hi vam dir Studio School

to go back to the original idea of a studio in the Renaissance

per a tornar a la idea original d'un estudi del Renaixement

on la feina i l'aprenentatge estaven integrats.

where work and learning are integrated.

You work by learning,

Treballes aprenent,

i aprens treballant.

and you learn by working.

And the design we came up with had the following characteristics.

I el disseny al que vam arribar tenia les següents característiques.

First of all, we wanted small schools --

Primer, volíem escoles petites

about 300, 400 pupils --

(d'uns 300-400 alumnes),

14 to 19 year-olds,

dels 14 als 19 anys,

and critically, about 80 percent of the curriculum done

i molt important, amb el 80 per cent del pla d'estudis desenvolupat

not through sitting in classrooms,

no en la cadira de classe,

sinó mitjançant projectes pràctics basats en la vida real,

but through real-life, practical projects,

working on commission

treballant a comissió

to businesses, NGO's and others.

en empreses, ONGs i altres.

That every pupil would have a coach, as well as teachers,

Cada alumne tindria un tutor particular, a més de professors,

who would have timetables

que tindrien horaris

much more like a work environment in a business.

molt més semblant a l'ambient en una empresa.

And all of this will be done within the public system,

I tot això dins del sistema públic,

funded by public money,

amb fons públics,

but independently run.

però gestionat independentment.

And all at no extra cost, no selection,

I tot sense cost, sense selecció,

and allowing the pupils the route into university,

i oferint als alumnes un camí cap a la universitat,

even if many of them would want to become entrepreneurs

encara que molts d'ells vulguin ser emprenedors

and have manual jobs as well.

o tenir oficis.

Underlying it was some very simple ideas

Per sota hi havia idees molt simples:

that large numbers of teenagers learn best by doing things,

que un gran nombre d'adolescents aprenen millor fent coses,

they learn best in teams

aprenen millor en equips,

and they learn best by doing things for real --

i que aprenen millor fent les coses de debò,

all the opposite of what mainstream schooling

al contrari del que la majoria d'escoles

actually does.

estan fent en realitat.

Now that was a nice idea,

Això era una bona idea,

so we moved into the rapid prototyping phase.

i vam entrar ràpidament en la fase de prototipatge.

We tried it out,

Ho vam provar,

first in Luton --

primer a Luton...

famós pel seu aeroport i no gaire cosa més, em temo...

famous for its airport and not much else, I fear --

and in Blackpool -- famous for its beaches and leisure.

i a Blackpool... famós per les seves platges i oci.

And what we found -- and we got quite a lot of things wrong

I vam trobar-nos que

- i vam equivocar-nos en bastantes coses

and then improved them --

i després les vam millorar -

but we found that the young people loved it.

però vam adonar-nos que als joves els encantava.

They found it much more motivational, much more exciting

Ho van trobar molt més motivador, molt més emocionant

than traditional education.

que l'educació tradicional.

And perhaps most important of all,

I potser el més important de tot,

two years later when the exam results came through,

dos anys després quan van sortir els resultats dels examens,

the pupils who had been put on these field trials

els alumnes que havien estat en aquestes proves

who were in the lowest performing groups

que estaven en els grups amb els pitjors resultats

had jumped right to the top --

havien saltat a les primeres posicions --

in fact, pretty much at the top decile of performance

de fet, a la part alta del decil més alt de rendiment

in terms of GCSE's,

dins dels patrons del GCSE

which is the British marking system.

que és el sistema de barem britànic.

Now not surprisingly,

Així doncs no va ser una sorpresa

que això va fer pensar a algunes persones

that influenced some people to think we were onto something.

que haviem fet alguna cosa interessant.

The minister of education

El Ministre d'educació

down south in London

al sud, a Londres

described himself as a "big fan."

es va descriure com un "gran fan".

And the business organizations thought we were onto something

I les empreses van pensar que haviem arribat a alguna cosa interessant

in terms of a way of preparing children much better

en quant a preparar molt millor als nens

for real-life work today.

per al treball real d'avui.

And indeed, the head of the Chambers of Commerce

I el cap de la Cambra de Comerç

is now the chairman of the Studio Schools Trust

és ara el President del Consell de Studio Schools Trust

and helping it, not just with big businesses,

i ho està ajudant, no només amb empreses grans,

but small businesses all over the country.

sinó amb empreses petites per tot el país.

We started with two schools.

Vam començar amb dues escoles.

That's grown this year to about 10.

Ha crescut aquest any a unes 10.

And next year, we're expecting about 35 schools

I l'any que ve, esperem tenir-ne unes 35

open across England,

obertes al llarg d'Anglaterra,

and another 40 areas

i altres 40 àrees

want to have their own schools opening --

volen obrir les seves pròpies escoles --

a pretty rapid spread

una expansió prou ràpida

of this idea.

d'aquesta idea.

Interestingly,

És interessant que,

això hagi passat gairebé totalment sense cobertura mediàtica.

it's happened almost entirely without media coverage.

It's happened almost entirely without big money behind it.

Ha passat gairebé totalment sense un gran suport financer.

It spread almost entirely through word of mouth, virally,

S'ha expandit gairebé pel boca orella, viralment,

across teachers, parents,

entre professors, pares,

people involved in education.

persones involucrades en l'educació.

And it spread because of the power of an idea --

I s'ha expandit pel poder d'una idea...

so the very, very simple idea

una idea molt, molt simple

about turning education on its head

que era posar l'educació cap per avall

and putting the things which were marginal,

i posar les coses que eren marginals

things like working in teams, doing practical projects,

coses com treballar en equips, fent projectes pràctics,

and putting them right at the heart of learning,

i posant-ho tot al bell mig de l'educació,

rather than on the edges.

més que a l'exterior.

Now there's a whole set of new schools

Ara hi ha un nou grup d'escoles

opening up this autumn.

que obren aquesta tardor.

This is one from Yorkshire

Això és una de Yorkshire

where, in fact, my nephew, I hope, will be able to attend it.

on, de fet, el meu nebot, espero, pugui anar-hi.

And this one is focused

I aquesta està focalitzada

on creative and media industries.

en indústries creatives i de mitjans.

Other ones have a focus on health care,

Altres s'han centrat en temes de salut,

tourism, engineering

turisme, enginyeria

and other fields.

i altres camps.

We think we're onto something.

Creiem que estem sobre alguna cosa.

It's not perfect yet,

Encara no és perfecta,

però creiem que és una idea

but we think this is one idea

que pot transformar les vides

which can transform the lives

de mil.lers, possiblement milions, de joves

of thousands, possibly millions, of teenagers

who are really bored by schooling.

que estan ben avorrits pel sistema d'escolarització.

It doesn't animate them.

No els anima.

Ells no són com aquells de vosaltres que podeu asseure-us en files

They're not like all of you who can sit in rows

and hear things said to you for hour after hour.

i escoltar com us expliquen coses una hora rere una altra.

They want to do things, they want to get their hands dirty,

Volen fer coses, volen embrutar-se les mans,

they want education to be for real.

volen que l'educació sigui real.

And my hope is that some of you out there

I la meva esperança es que alguns de vosaltres aquí

may be able to help us.

pugueu ajudar-nos.

We feel we're on the beginning of a journey

Sentim que som al principi d'un viatge

of experiment and improvement

d'experimentació i millora

to turn the Studio School idea

per a transformar la idea de Studio School

into something which is present,

en quelcom que sigui present,

no com una resposta universal per a tots els nens,

not as a universal answer for every child,

but at least as an answer for some children in every part of the world.

sinó almenys una resposta per a alguns nens de tot el món.

And I hope that a few of you at least can help us make that happen.

I espero que alguns de vosaltres pugueu ajudar-nos a fer-ho realitat.

Thank you very much.

Moltes gràcies.

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)