Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School

Translator: Ingrid Rudi Reviewer: Helena Bedalli

What I want to talk about today is one idea.

Une sot dua t'ju flas per nje ide qe kemi.

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

Idene e nje lloji te ri shkolle,

which turns on its head much of our conventional thinking

qe ndryshon pak nga menyra tradicionale se si e mendojme shkollen

about what schools are for and how they work.

per ate ç'ka sherben shkolla dhe se si funksionon ajo.

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

Dhe kjo ide shkolle mund te aplikohet dhe ne lagjen tuaj shume shpejt.

Where it comes from

Kjo ide vjen nga

is an organization called the Young Foundation,

nje organizate e quajtur Fondacioni Rinor,

which, over many decades,

e cila per shume dekada,

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

ka sjelle inovacion ne sistemin e edukimit, si psh. Universiteti i Hapur

and things like Extended Schools,

dhe ide si ajo e Shkollave te Perzgjatura,

Schools for Social Entrepreneurs, Summer Universities

Shkollat per Ndermarres Social, Universitetet Verore

and the School of Everything.

dhe Shkollen per Gjithçka.

And about five years ago, we asked

Rreth 5 vjet me pare, filluam te mendonim

what was the most important need for innovation

se cila ishte nevoja e vertete per te perteritur

in schooling here in the U.K.

sistemin shkollor ne Angli.

And we felt the most important priority

Dhe patem ndjesine se perparesia me e rendesishme

was to bring together two sets of problems.

ishte te bashkonim dy lloje problematikash kryesore.

One was large numbers of bored teenagers

E para ne lidhje me adoleshentet e merzitur

who just didn't like school,

te cileve nuk u pelqente aspak shkolla,

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

sepse nuk arritin te shikonin lidhjen midis asaj ç'ka mesonin ne shkolle

and future jobs.

me punet qe do te benin ne te ardhmen.

And employers who kept complaining

Dhe punedhenesit qe vazhdimisht ankoheshin

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

sepse nxenesit qe mbaronin shkollen nuk ishin realisht gati per te nisur punen,

didn't have the right attitudes and experience.

sepse nuk kishin eksperience dhe qendrimin e duhur ndaj punes.

And so we try to ask:

Keshtu pra ne filluam ti benim vetes pyetjen:

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

Ne çfare lloj shkolle adoleshentet do te luftonin te hynin,

not fighting to stay out?

e jo te luftonin per te mbetur jashte?

And after hundreds of conversations

Dhe pas qindra bisedash

with teenagers and teachers and parents

me adoleshentet, me mesuesit, me prinderit,

and employers and schools

me punedhenesit dhe shkollat

from Paraguay to Australia,

nga Paraguai ne Australi,

and looking at some of the academic research,

dhe duke u konsultuar dhe me kerkime akademike,

which showed the importance

te cilat tregonin rendesine

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

e asaj ç'ka quhet aftesi-e papercaktuar

the skills of motivation, resilience --

aftesi si motivimi, elasticiteti

and that these are as important

te cilat jane po aq te rendesishme sa

as the cognitive skills -- formal academic skills --

dhe aftesite e percaktuara - aftesite akademike formale-

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

arritem te gjenim nje pergjigje, qe ne nje fare menyre eshte shume pergjigje e thjeshte,♪

which we called the Studio School.

te cilem e quajtem Shkolla Studio

And we called it a studio school

E quajtem shkolle studio

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

duke menduar idene origjinale te studios ne periudhen e Rilindjes

where work and learning are integrated.

kur puna dhe mesimi ishin te lidhura me njera tjetren.

You work by learning,

Punohet duke mesuar,

and you learn by working.

dhe mesohet duke punuar.

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

Dhe skema perfundimtare qe arritem ka keto karakteristika.

First of all, we wanted small schools --

Pikesepari, na duhen shkolla te vogla --

about 300, 400 pupils --

rreth 300, 400 nxenes -

14 to 19 year-olds,

14 deri ne 19 vjec,

and critically, about 80 percent of the curriculum done

dhe ne menyre kritike te perfshinin ne 80 per qind te veprimtarise

not through sitting in classrooms,

jo veprimtari te kryera duke u ulur neper klasa,

but through real-life, practical projects,

por ne jete-reale, ne projekte praktike,

working on commission

duke punuar me perqindje fitimi

to businesses, NGO's and others.

per biznese, OJQ etj.

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

Dhe çdo nxenes duhet te kete nje tutor/trajner, ashtu si dhe mesues,

who would have timetables

qe te kene orare

much more like a work environment in a business.

shume te ngjashme me ato te vendeve te punes ne nje biznes.

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

Dhe e gjithe kjo ide do te aplikohet ne sistemin publik,

funded by public money,

te financuar me fonde publike,

but independently run.

por te manaxhohen ne menyre te pavarur.

And all at no extra cost, no selection,

Dhe e gjithe kjo pa kosto shtese, pa seleksionim,

and allowing the pupils the route into university,

duke i hapur nxenesve rrugen per ne Universitet,

even if many of them would want to become entrepreneurs

dhe nese shume prej tyre do te donin te beheshin biznesmen

and have manual jobs as well.

ose do te kene pune manuale.

Underlying it was some very simple ideas

Ne baze te ketij propozimi ishin idete shume te thjeshta

that large numbers of teenagers learn best by doing things,

se nje pjese e madhe e nxenesve mesojne me mire duke i bere gjerat.

they learn best in teams

mesojne me mire ne grupe

and they learn best by doing things for real --

dhe mesojne me mire kur bejne gjera reale --

all the opposite of what mainstream schooling

krejt e kunderta e asaj çka ndodh

actually does.

ne nje shkolle tradicionale.

Now that was a nice idea,

Kjo ide na pelqeu,

so we moved into the rapid prototyping phase.

dhe filluam menjehere fazen e proves.

We tried it out,

Provuam fillimisht,

first in Luton --

ne Luton --

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

qytet i famshem per aeroportin e tij po jo per me teper kam idene -

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

dhe ne Blackpool -- i famshem per plazhet dhe per defrimet.

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

Dhe ajo ç'ka zbuluam -- ishte se shume gjera i kishim menduar gabim

and then improved them --

dhe me pas i permiresuam --

but we found that the young people loved it.

por zbuluam se te rinjte e adhuronin kete lloj shkolle.

They found it much more motivational, much more exciting

I dukej shume me motivuese, shume me interesante

than traditional education.

se edukimi tradicional.

And perhaps most important of all,

Dhe mbase ajo ç'ka eshte me e rendesishme

two years later when the exam results came through,

eshte se dy vjet me vone kur erdhi momenti per te bere provimet perfundimtare,

the pupils who had been put on these field trials

rezultatet treguan se nxenesit qe kishin bere shkollen prove

who were in the lowest performing groups

te cilet kishin patur ne te kaluaren resultatet me te uleta

had jumped right to the top --

kishin kaluar ne majen e listes -

in fact, pretty much at the top decile of performance

faktikisht, ne grupin me rezultatet me te mira

in terms of GCSE's,

duke u bazuar ne GCSE

which is the British marking system.

qe eshte sistemi anglez per venien e notave.

Now not surprisingly,

Dhe ishte e pritshme,

that influenced some people to think we were onto something.

qe disa njerez te mendonin se kishin filluar nje rruge te rendesishme.

The minister of education

Ministri i Arsimit

down south in London

ne jug te Londres

described himself as a "big fan."

deklaroi se ishte "nje tifoz i vertete" i projektit.

And the business organizations thought we were onto something

Dhe organizatat e biznesit menduan se vertet po benim diçka te rendesishme

in terms of a way of preparing children much better

per te pergatitur nxenesit shume me mire

for real-life work today.

per punen-reale te diteve te sotme.

And indeed, the head of the Chambers of Commerce

Bile, dhe Shefi i Dhomes se Tregtise

is now the chairman of the Studio Schools Trust

tani eshte president i Fondacionit te Shkollave Studio

and helping it, not just with big businesses,

dhe po ndihmon, jo vetem nepermjet bizneseve te medha,

but small businesses all over the country.

por dhe bizneseve te vogla ne gjithe vendin.

We started with two schools.

Ne filluam me dy shkolla,

That's grown this year to about 10.

Kete vit kemi arritur ne 10.

And next year, we're expecting about 35 schools

Dhe presim qe vitin tjeter te behen 35 shkolla.

open across England,

ne gjithe Angline,

and another 40 areas

dhe 40 zona te tjera

want to have their own schools opening --

po presin qe te hapin shkollat e tyre --

a pretty rapid spread

pra kjo eshte nje perhapje e shpejte

of this idea.

e kesaj ideje.

Interestingly,

Eshte shume interesant fakti se,

it's happened almost entirely without media coverage.

gjithçka ka ndodhur pothuaj pa ndihmen e mediave.

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

Dhe pothuaj krejtesisht pa perdorur shuma ta medha per projektin,

It spread almost entirely through word of mouth, virally,

Ideja u shpernda pothuaj krejtesisht nga goja ne goje, ne menyre virale,

across teachers, parents,

nga mesues, prinder,

people involved in education.

njerez qe ishin te perfshire ne sistemin e edukimit dhe arsimimit.

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

Dhe u shpernda sepse ideja ishte shume e fuqishme -

so the very, very simple idea

dhe flitej per nje menyre shume te thjeshte

about turning education on its head

se si mund ti jepej rendesi arsimimit

and putting the things which were marginal,

duke perdorur metodat qe per momentin konsideroheshin si anesore,

things like working in teams, doing practical projects,

si per shembull punimi ne grup, berja e projekteve praktike,

and putting them right at the heart of learning,

dhe vendosja e tyre drejtperdrejt ne zemren e sistemit te arsimimit,

rather than on the edges.

dhe jo ne cepat e larget.

Now there's a whole set of new schools

Tani shume shkolla te reja

opening up this autumn.

do te hapin dyert ne kete vjeshte.

This is one from Yorkshire

Kjo per shembull eshte nje shkolle ne Yorkshire

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

ne te cilen une shpresoj se do te kete mundesine te marre pjese nipi im.

And this one is focused

Dhe kjo shkolle qe fokusohet

on creative and media industries.

ne industrine kreative dhe te mediave.

Other ones have a focus on health care,

Shkolla te tjera jane te fokusuara ne sherbimin shendetsor,

tourism, engineering

turizem, inxhinjeri,

and other fields.

dhe fusha te tjera.

We think we're onto something.

Ne mendojme se po bejme diçka.

It's not perfect yet,

Akoma nuk eshte perfekte,

but we think this is one idea

por ne mendojme se kjo ide

which can transform the lives

mund te trasformoje jetet

of thousands, possibly millions, of teenagers

e mijera, pse jo milione adoleshentesh

who are really bored by schooling.

te cilet jane realisht te merzitur nga shkolla.

It doesn't animate them.

Sepse shkolla nuk i defren.

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

Nuk jane si puna juaj qe rrini tani ulur ne rradhet e salles

and hear things said to you for hour after hour.

ndersa degjoni ate çka ju tregojne per ore te tera.

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

Ata duan te bejne gjera, duan te bejne duart pis,

they want education to be for real.

duan qe arsimimi te jete real.

And my hope is that some of you out there

Dhe shpresa ime eshte qe shume njerez si ju

may be able to help us.

te kene mundesi te na ndihmojne.

We feel we're on the beginning of a journey

Ne kemi pershtypjen se jemi ne fillim te ketij udhetimi

of experiment and improvement

eksperimentues dhe permiresues

to turn the Studio School idea

ne menyre qe te trasformojme idene e Shkolles Studio

into something which is present,

ne diçka qe eshte prezente,

not as a universal answer for every child,

jo si nje pergjigje universale per çdo femije,

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

por te pakten nje pergjigje per disa femije kudo qofshin ne bote.

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

Dhe shpresoj qe te pakten disa nga ju te na ndihmojne qe te realizojme kete enderr.

Thank you very much.

Shume faleminderit.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)♪