One Size Does Not Fit All

The challenge of educating in a rapidly changing world

Presented by:Christopher BowmanInternational School of Luxembourg

Forces at work

Low employment growth Changes in traditional work The Digital Revolution Global information explosion Migration, mobility and cultural diversity Privatisation of Knowledge Socio-political changes Environmental change and custodianship

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The Leader

Organises, inspires and motivates a team or a taskforce, distributing responsibilities into different types of workforces. Offers means to manipulate information and human interactions.

The Leader

• 20% engineering time and interdisciplinary studies become part of job descriptions

• Dispersed workforces – organised like ant colonies

• Big data analysis and literacy becomes inherent to the human decision making process

• Business management concentrate different spheres in physically disconnected groups

The Penpusher

Manipulates the information space, organising the order of priorities that enable a steady and natural flow inside all the forms of the office space.

The Penpusher

• Embedded learning becomes a fundamental skill adapted for business profiles across the board

• Top-end creativity becomes invaluable• Gaming points and scores are used to track

progress• Programming proficiency becomes increasingly

important when dealing with machines and Artificial Intelligence

The Creative Nomad

Generates ideas, clarifies the complex, connects concepts and explores the boundaries created by technology – like those of space and time.

The Creative Nomad

• The DIY economy caters to independent and self-sustaining businesses

• The human energy saved through automation is used to boost intellect and creativity

• Technology-enhanced freelance work begins building an economy where skills are divided between parallel projects and different space-times

• The expansion of online interactions and content creation results in an always-updated CV (beyond the owner’s control)

The Labourer

Physically manipulates material, for example on the factory floor, but can also remotely and instantly interact with complex infrastructure dealing with data analysis.

The Labourer

• Screen literacy becomes a life skill for all workers, while the labourer needs to particularly adapt to this change

• Offline and online interactions become intermodal, merging the physical space with the information layer generated by each business

• Data analysis opens new paths of information interpretation

• Robot programming becomes an inherent skill to cope with the changing nature of automation and infrastructure

Jobs that did not exist 5 years ago

iOS Developer Social Media Intern Data Scientist Big Data Architect Cloud Services Specialist Digital Marketing Specialist Zumba Instructor Android Developer

What Does Not work

• League tables• Homogenous classrooms• Teacher-dominated instruction• A “one size fits all” curriculum and pedagogy• Impersonal teaching• Restrictive post-school pathways and options

What are we doing right now?• Academic rigour (IB, IGCSE)• Curriculum expansion (Design Tech., languages)• Social, Emotional and Physical growth (extra-

curricular programme) – the Whole Person• Technological integration and learning applications -

1:1 computing, Digital Citizenship, Media….• Differentiation and individual student pathways• Student leadership and engagement• Environmental projects (Global Issues Network…)• Highest calibre teachers and further training• Facilities designed and constructed for purpose

Where next? - Change Themes

1. Alternative models of widely affordable higher education

2. A rise in Liberal Arts education – technology and entrepreneurship

3. Evolution of engineering education4. Demand for community colleges and

vocational education5. Changes in K-12 education – from “sage on the

stage” to “guide on the side”

Where next? - Change Themes

6. Vastly expanded broadband penetration7. Changing dynamics of media consumption8. Expansion of education businesses 9. Teaching of entrepreneurship education and

incubation10.Proliferation of internships

The 21st Century Graduate Resilient Flexible Open minded Self-aware Self confident Courageous Creative Innovative Socially and environmentally responsive and responsible