March 3 2017 ctl.curtin.edu.au

Education and Uncertain FuturesKim Flintoff

Learning Futures

Posthuman??

Augmentation

Algorithm

Information

Industrial

Agrarian

Hunting/Gathering

NOW

Ages of Human Activity

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“Change is not merely necessary to life — it is life.”

“Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.”

“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.”

“Change is the only constant.”

In the future, if you want a job, you must be as unlike a machine as possible: creative, critical and socially skilled. So why are children being taught to behave like machines?

George Monbiot In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

Children learn best when teaching aligns with their natural exuberance, energy and curiosity. So why are they dragooned into rows and made to sit still while they are stuffed with facts?

George Monbiot In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

We succeed in adulthood through collaboration. So why is collaboration in tests and exams called cheating?

George Monbiot In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

Governments claim to want to reduce the number of children being excluded from school. So why are their curriculums and tests so narrow that they alienate any child whose mind does not work in a particular way? George Monbiot

In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

The best teachers use their character, creativity and inspiration to trigger children’s instinct to learn. So why are character, creativity and inspiration suppressed by a stifling regime of micromanagement? George Monbiot

In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

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Curtin Challenge

Quest Games

Challenge based learning

Partnerships

K-12Higher EducationCultural InstitutionsNot for ProfitsIndustryGovernment

Emphasise capabilities

Shift expectations

New narratives for an unknown futureThe Collective Journey Rises

The Collective Journey is a non-linear, multiplatform, physical and digital experience and/or story of several diverse people, groups, tribes, cultures, networks, coming together for a higher purpose and a common cause.

In their journeys, they move beyond their own individual experiences to a cohesive collective that is both the sum of all individuals and also a new entity entirely.

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Ashoka Changemaker schools treat

empathy as “a foundational skill on a par with reading and math”, and use it to develop the kind of open, fluid collaboration that, they believe, will be the 21st century’s key skill.

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Mantle of the Expert encourages them to form teams of inquiry, solving an imaginary task – such as running a container port, excavating a tomb or rescuing people from a disaster – that cuts across traditional subject boundaries.

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Quest to Learn, is based on the way children teach themselves to play games. To solve the complex tasks they’re given, they need to acquire plenty of information and skills. They do it with the excitement and tenacity of gamers.

George Monbiot In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

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Approaches to Learning

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Future-focussed Learning

Future-focussed Learning

Newington College

Prioritising the interdependencies and personal responsibilities

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