Future Schooling - Anton Florek

There can be no doubt that now more than ever is the time for those engaged in the education of children and young people to take stock and consider what sort of world we are preparing our young people for.

As the combination of the fourth industrial revolution and the recent challenges of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic begin to stretch how and when learning happens, national schooling systems will need to be increasingly adaptive and agile with consequent shifts and changes to the content and delivery of what happens in our classrooms – whatever and wherever those classrooms may be.

Using the think piece on future schooling published by The Staff College as a starting point together with a variety of current international resource materials, this workshop will provide the opportunity for an interactive discussion on “What is the purpose of schooling in 2021?” Building on the outcomes of this discussion, our aim is to then consider how our responses to addressing the challenges of maintaining schooling systems during the COVID-19 pandemic might serve to shape the planning and delivery of future schooling arrangements for our children and young people.

https://thestaffcollege.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Schooling-for-the-Future.pdf