Elon Musk is a man known for many inventions and innovations. From PayPal to Tesla, to even SpaceX. It’s no surprise that he’s even invented his own innovative school with his five sons in mind. He believes traditional schooling is too theoretical and wanted his sons to have a completely different educational experience.
We stumbled upon this fascinating article (From Business Insider, 2015) about Musk’s innovative grade school concept, Ad Astra, and were intrigued by how unique it was. At Kepler, we’re also trying to provide an innovative educational experience. We saw similarities and differences between Ad Astra and Kepler Academy Early Learning & Child Care in Edmonton, and wanted to know:
There are only 14 children enrolled, with plans to expand to 20 children this back-to-school season. The students are mostly the children of Elon Musk’s SpaceX employees, making the school exclusive to those working for his company. Musk’s vision for Ad Astra is to help children understand why they’re learning what they’re learning and how it will help them later in life.
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Musk believes that if you’re trying to teach someone how an engine works, you should give them the engine and have them work towards disassembling it, not simply read about screwdrivers and cars in a textbook. If a child takes that engine apart, they may understand how all the parts worked together, and understand the whole, rather than the parts.
Musk believes that, by explaining the “why” behind a concept or design, that can bridge the gap of cognitive dissonance that exists for a lot of students.
Kepler Academy is a unique early learning and childcare facility that offers childcare programs for young children, from 16 weeks old up to 6 years old, and before-and-after school care for children up to 12 years of age.
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1. Kepler offers Exploratory Education which is similar to Elon Musk’s approach. At Kepler, we also encourage children to learn by doing, like allowing them to disassemble and assemble things to learn about the whole. An explorative, hands-on approach helps children to make connections and answer “why” behind a concept or design.
2. Like Ad Astra, Kepler Academy has a well-rounded approach. We provide many opportunities for children to discover their passions through our STREAM-based curriculum and extra-curricular activities – even robotics, engineering, and beginner coding for children. We start young – infants can even learn the basic concepts of “coding” without knowing they are doing so.
We’ve combined inspiration from Waldorf, Reggio, and Montessori philosophies for a curriculum that suits many aptitudes and abilities. This variety teaches children a range of skills that will be applied later in life. This is especially important at such a formative early age. Everyone who goes through our childcare programs will have a well-rounded set of skills and will likely have discovered activities they enjoy or don’t enjoy.
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3. Both Kepler and Ad Astra have a goal of creating a program that children love. Musk has said that he hated school. He’s happy that his children and the other students at Ad Astra enjoy it and like attending their classes. Parents should never dread dropping their children off at their childcare facility, and children should never dread going to daycare. Childcare should excite children and be molded to their interests. This is the shared mission of both Kepler Academy and Ad Astra.
4. Both Kepler and Ad Astra recognized flaws in the education system and formulated new ways to enrich children’s lives. There are explorative opportunities offered for children to discover not only their passions but also develop a well-rounded set of skills they’ll use in the real world.
While Kepler Academy and Ad Astra have similarities and differences, we believe the most important thing we’re both doing is innovating childcare and education. Children should be given room to explore their interests, work hands-on with their world, and be free to focus on what moves them. This allows them to develop genuine passions that extend into school years and adulthoodFor the past four years, Elon Musk's Ad Astra non-profit school has been educating Musk's five sons, children of some SpaceX employees, as well as a number of high-achievers from Los Angeles.
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© Associated Newspapers Ltd Contact us How to complain Leadership Team Advertise with us Contributors Terms Do not sell or share my personal information About MailOnline Privacy policy & cookiesIn the 2030s, many jobs are going to be quite different from the jobs that exist today. Moreover, many of those jobs do not exist just yet, and some are simply unimaginable today. The future of work will require a set of skills that are not taught in schools today.
No one knows if they will ever be part of the curriculum, unless the education system gets a very much needed update and upgrade to the 21st century, in addition to a mindset with vision into the future. What I mean is that most of today's schools and teachers are not ready to educate the workforce that will be active between 2030 and 2040. Traditional schools will need a radical change if they want to remain relevant.
The future of work --and this is something we are already seeing in sectors such as manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics-- will involve robots and Artificial Intelligence collaborating with humans. A new way of machine + human collaboration becoming mainstream.
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The future of work will involve space travel and multi-planetary life. For tomorrow's workforce, the future of work will depend on the kind of education and skills they will receive from schools and colleges during this decade. The 2020s, is a decade of transition.
In the 2020s, students will have to learn how to apply their skills in shorter terms than the generations before them. They, the Generation Alpha, childrenborn from 2010 to 2025, and the first generation entirely born within the 21st century, will need to possess a quick response and apply critical thinking as well as ethical problem solving in a variety of new situations, many of which are yet unknown. These children will interact with robots as a learning tool.
What we do know, however, is that the future collaboration between humans and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) --the type of AI that is about as capable as a human-- is going to become a reality in the next few decades. The current education system in most countries is doing nothing to prepare the
