97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know

Chapter 97. Agile in Education with eduScrum

Willy Wijnands

I believe that Scrum suits the needs of today’s fast-changing markets and, more importantly, implements an Agile mindset. The workforce of tomorrow will have to cope with the challenges of such fast-changing markets and manage the new way of working. Unfortunately, the current educational system is missing out on these evolutions, thus leaving a big gap between what it offers and what the market requires.

I believe that eduScrum, our way of applying Scrum in the educational system, can be the bridge to close the gap between the educational system and market requirements.

The starting principles of eduScrum are autonomy and authenticity. I believe that children are more than capable of taking responsibility and can work together in teams, more independently from the teachers than the traditional system assumes. When students are trusted to take ownership of their own learning process, they become responsible for what they do. As a teacher, I offer them the freedom and the space they need while being there to facilitate and coach them.

For me, it all starts with the development of personality. Building on this foundation, students become far more engaged. Thriving in intrinsic motivation, they are more productive and have improved results while having more fun.

eduScrum is an active, collaborative education ...