Did you ever wonder whether education has a role to play in preparing our societies for an age of artificial intelligence? Or what the impact of climate change might be on our schools, families and communities?
Trends Shaping Education ( http://www.oecd.org/edu/trends-shaping-education-22187049.htm) examines major economic, political, social and technological trends affecting education. While the trends are robust, the questions raised in this book are suggestive, and aim to inform strategic thinking and stimulate reflection on the challenges facing education – and on how and whether education can influence these trends.
This book covers a rich array of topics related to globalisation, democracy, security, ageing and modern cultures. The content for this 2019 edition has been updated and also expanded with a wide range of new indicators. Along with the trends and their relationship to education, the book includes a new section on future’s thinking inspired by foresight methodologies.
This book is designed to give policy makers, researchers, educational leaders, administrators and teachers a robust, non specialist source of international comparative trends shaping education, whether in schools, universities or in programmes for older adults. It will also be of interest to students and the wider public, including parents.
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Trends Shaping Education 2019
Stimulate reflection about the
future of education
Determine robust data on
trends
Intention and purpose
Inform strategic thinking
Policy makers
• Ministry retreats,
strategic thinking
workshops
Researchers/teacher
educators
• Inclusion in teacher
education curriculums,
education futures
Students
• Tool in classrooms,
strategic thinking for
associations
Educational practitioners
• Futures thinking, global
mega-trends
3. 3
Trends Shaping Education
Spotlights Workshops
Tailor-made for countries
• Contact the Trends team to
develop a workshop
Upcoming spotlights
• Financial education in
a digital world
• Play
Most recent
• Writing in a changing
world
• EdTech
Structure
• 1 to 1 ½ days
• 20 to 25 educational
leaders and policy makers
Outcomes
• Strengthening futures
thinking capacity
• Identifying challenges and
opportunities for medium-
long term
High usability
• Concise information
• Practical examples of policies
from other countries
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Trends Shaping Education 2019
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Shifting global
gravity
Modern culturesPublic matters Security
Living longer,
living better
5432
Five thematic chapters:
“Systems” “Individuals”
5. GLOBALISATION DEMOCRACY SECURITY AGEING
MODERN
CULTURES
Chapter 1
Global
mobility
Research &
Development
Global markets
Sustainable
consumption
Wealth & Inequality
Growing
middle class
Shifting global
wealth
Air transport
R&D
spending
E-waste
Artificial
Intelligence
Migration
Global value
chains
7. Shifting global gravity
0
50 000
100 000
150 000
200 000
250 000
0
1
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6
7
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Freight(million-tonkilometres)
Passengerscarried(billions)
Passengers, OECD members Passengers, world Freight, OECD members Freight, world
Ready for take-off?
Increasing air transport of people (left axis) and freight (right axis), 1970-2017
Figure 1.3
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
8. Shifting global gravity
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2017
Millionsofpeople
Africa Asia Europe Latin America and the Caribbean Northern America Oceania
More people on the move
Estimates of international migrant stock by region of destination, 1990-2017
Figure 1.5
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
9. Shifting global gravity
0
2 000
4 000
6 000
8 000
10 000
12 000
14 000
16 000
18 000
20 000
1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
Numberofpatents
The growth of AI technologies
Number of patents in artificial intelligence technologies, 1991-2015
Figure 1.10
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
10. And education?
Connecting education and globalisation
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
• Providing high quality early childhood
and care for all
• Building human capital; addressing
issues of brain drain
• Attracting top researchers
• Supporting partnerships for innovation
• Developing activities for young
scientists and innovators
• Providing targeted training for recent arrivals
• Adapting instruction and assessment
methods to reflect cultural diversity
• Recognising prior learning and qualifications
• Building capacity to understand the
perspectives of others
• Fostering skills to take action for
collective well-being and sustainable
development
Global
competence
Mobility
Inequality
The
knowledge
economy
11. Chapter 2
GLOBALISATION DEMOCRACY SECURITY AGEING
MODERN
CULTURES
Civic
participation
Inequality
Group rights
Rurality
Multiculturalism
Income gap
Online news
Sovereignty
referendums
Employment
City networks
Tax havensDemographics
Sovereignty
12. Public matters
Income gap continues to grow
Trends in real household incomes by percentile, OECD average, 1985-2015
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Bottom 10% Mean Median Top 10%
Figure 2.1
Index 1985 = 1
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
13. Public matters
Declining voter turnout in OECD countries
Change in average voting rates per decade in OECD countries, 1990s and 2010s
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
%ofvotingturnout
1990s 2010s
Figure 2.3
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
14. Public matters
Reading the news online: Is this for real?
Individuals using the Internet (last 3 months) for reading/downloading the news online, 2005 and 2017
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
%ofInternetusers
2005 2017
Figure 2.4
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
15. Public matters
Objective: 50/50
Number of countries with laws defining gender quotas in national legislatures worldwide, 1990-2014
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1990
1991
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Numberofcountries
Legislated Candidate Quotas Reserved seats
Figure 2.8
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
16. And education?
Connecting education and democracy
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
• Involving multiple stakeholders in
decision-making
• Supporting networks to compensate for
capacity gaps across the system
• Developing the potential of all pupils
• Challenging stereotypes
• Fighting segregation and other
exclusionary policies
•Highlighting democratic rights and civic engagement
•Strengthening analytical and critical thinking skills to
assess and use information
•Promoting participatory governance for schools and
classrooms
• Providing high-quality early childhood
education and care for all
• Increasing connections between
different educational pathways
• Funding and incentives for the most
disadvantaged students
Equity
Democratic
citizenship
Modern
governance
Inclusive-
ness
17. Chapter 3
GLOBALISATION DEMOCRACY SECURITY AGEING
MODERN
CULTURES
Nuclear
testing
Householddebt
and savings
CyberEconomic
NationalEnvironmental
Health
Antibiotic
resistance
Roadsafety
Security
experts
Natural
disasters
Jobsecurity
War and conflict
18. Security in a risky world
The rise of superbugs
Average proportion of infections caused by bacteria resistant to antimicrobial treatment for eight antibiotic-
bacterium combinations in 2005, 2015 and 2030
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
%ofinfections
2005 2015 2030
Figure 3.2
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
19. Security in a risky world
Too big for your (data) breaches?
World’s biggest data breaches by method of leak (billions of records lost), 2004-2018
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Recordslost(billions)
accidentally published hacked inside job lost / stolen device or media poor security
Figure 3.3
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
20. Security in a risky world
Eye of the storm: increasing natural disasters worldwide
Number of recorded events, 1900-2018
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
1900
1905
1910
1915
1920
1925
1930
1935
1940
1945
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
Numberofevents
Figure 3.7
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
21. Security in a risky world
Household savings and debt
Household savings (% of disposable income, left axis) and household debt (% of disposable income, right axis),
OECD average, 1970-2016
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
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18
1970
1972
1974
1976
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1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
Debtas%ofdisposableincome
Savingsas%ofdisposableincome
Savings (left axis) Debt (right axis)
Figure 3.9
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
22. And education?
Connecting education and security
What are some of the ways security trends interact with education, and how can education affect these trends?
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
• Strengthening financial literacy
• Providing effective skills development for lifelong
learning
• Supporting apprenticeship models with diverse
types of employers (including digital skills)
• Fostering “green” fields of study
• Promoting eco-friendly institutions
• Supporting R&D in innovative green
technology
•Developing digital skills
•Better use of technology in teaching and learning
•Building partnerships with industry leaders, law
enforcement and responsible hackers
• Building health literacy for all ages
• Ensuring safety standards in schools
and play spaces
• Fostering tolerance, trust and resilience
Protecting
mind and
body
Safe-
guarding
cyberspace
Securing
financial
well-being
Preserving
the
environ-
ment
23. Chapter 4
GLOBALISATION DEMOCRACY SECURITY AGEING
MODERN
CULTURES
Dementia
Pensions “Elderhood”Work
Ageing:
New challengesSilver economy
Healthy ageing
Medical
advancements
Active retirees
Civic
engagement
Purchasing power
Retraining /
reskilling
Digital fraud
24. Living longer, living better
70 is the new 60
Total gains in life expectancy at birth, OECD countries, 2000-2016
Figure 4.2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Estonia
Korea
Turkey
Ireland
Slovenia
Latvia
Portugal
CzechRepublic
SlovakRepublic
Denmark
Hungary
Poland
Israel
Luxembourg
France
OECDaverage
Norway
Spain
Finland
Austria
Canada
Switzerland
UnitedKingdom
NewZealand
Netherlands
Australia
Belgium
Italy
Lithuania
Germany
Greece
Japan
Iceland
Sweden
Chile
Mexico
UnitedStates
years
Gains in healthy life expectancy Additional gains in life expectancy
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
25. Living longer, living better
The dementia threat
People with dementia per 1 000 population (all ages), 2017 and estimates for 2037
Figure 4.3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Mexico
Turkey
SlovakRepublic
Korea
Poland
CzechRepublic
Israel
Hungary
Ireland
UnitedStates
Chile
Slovenia
Iceland
Canada
Luxembourg
NewZealand
Australia
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
OECDaverage
Norway
Netherlands
Denmark
UnitedKingdom
Switzerland
Belgium
Austria
Sweden
Finland
Spain
Greece
France
Portugal
Germany
Italy
Japan
SouthAfrica
Indonesia
India
China
Brazil
Russian…
Numberofpeople
2017 2037
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
26. Living longer, living better
Time to retire?
Average years in retirement across OECD countries, 1970-2016
Figure 4.5
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
1970 1985 2000 2015
15 years on
average in 1970
22 years on
average in 2016
Women
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
1970 1985 2000 2015
11 years on
average in 1970
18 years on
average in 2016
Men
Time in retirement Retirement age
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
27. Living longer, living better
Going digital
Different Internet uses by age group (last 3 months), OECD average, 2008, 2013 and 2017
Figure 4.9
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2008 2013 2017 2008 2013 2017 2008 2013 2017 2008 2013 2017
...daily or almost every day ...for finding information
about goods and services
...for seeking health
information
...for Internet
banking
%ofindividualsusingtheInternet...
Younger adults (16-24) Adults (16-74) Older adults (55-74) Difference younger-older
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
28. And education?
Connecting education and ageing
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
• Engaging students of all ages in volunteering
• Sharing the wisdom of older generations in
classes
• Supporting innovative learning arrangements
within schools and communities
• Addressing obesity, smoking, sleep deprivation
• Offering training in caring for fragile elders
• Supporting excellence in medical research and
science
• Teaching social and emotional skills for
all ages
• Providing targeted teacher education
on well-being
• Combatting loneliness and challenging
age discrimination
• Ensuring all age groups have access to
education that covers their learning and
life needs
• Promoting continuous professional
development of teachers and school
leaders
Lifelong
learning
Social and
emotional
well-being
Inter-
generational
learning
Physical
health and
lifestyles
29. Chapter 5
New family
structures
Meat
production
Gender
in work
Ethical
consumption
Modern families
Virtual
becoming reality
The connected economy
Gig economy
Gender
equity
Labour force
participation
Shareconomy
Electric
vehicles
Youth empowerment
GLOBALISATION DEMOCRACY SECURITY AGEING
MODERN
CULTURES
30. Modern cultures
Access to access
Number of mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, OECD average, 2009-2017
Figure 5.1
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Numberofsubscriptions
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
32. Modern cultures
Partners in time
Number of OECD countries granting paid paternity leave, 1975-2016
Figure 5.4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Numberofcountries
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
33. Modern cultures
Mass self-communication and creative expression
Individuals using the Internet (last 3 months) for uploading self-created content on sharing websites, 2008 and
2017
Figure 5.7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
16-24 25-55 55-74
%ofinternetusers
Age group
2008 2017
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
34. And education?
Connecting education and modern cultures
Source: OECD (2019),Trends Shaping Education 2019, https://doi.org/10.1787/trends_edu-2019-en
• Welcoming all families in schools
• Providing teachers with the tools to teach
diverse classrooms
• Helping schools communicate with all
households
• Fostering positive attitudes to ICT, especially for
female and disadvantaged students
• Strengthening digital skills
• Integrating pedagogical and digital knowledge of
teachers
• Upholding respect among students
• Promoting trust between parents,
teachers and administrators
• Developing zero tolerance for
discrimination in educational settings
• Preparing students to become
entrepreneurs
• Teaching creativity
• Using collaborative problem-solving in
and beyond the classroom Creativity
and
entrepre-
neurship
Values and
attitudes
Diverse
families
Digital
divide
35. Thank you!
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Editor's Notes
Note: Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, USA and Mexico.
Note: Data refer to the number of IP5 patent families in artificial intelligence (AI), by filing date and inventor's country, using fractional counts. AI refers to the "Human interface" and "Cognition and meaning understanding" categories in the ICT patent taxonomy as described in Inaba and Squicciarini (2017). 2014 and 2015 figures are estimated based on available data for those years.
Some answers are obvious and immediate, for example the impact of technology on learners, and conversely, the potential for educators to harness the possibility of technology. Others operate on a longer term, for example the need to establish awareness for sustainability and global connectedness
Note: Income refers to real household disposable income. OECD average refers to the unweighted average of the 17 OECD countries for which data are available: Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Some data points have been interpolated or use the value from the closest available year.
Note: Countries are ranked in descending order by the average voting rates for the period 2010-18, covering national parliamentary elections from 2010 to the latest year with data available. Voting in Australia, Belgium and Luxembourg is compulsory. Vote was also compulsory in Chile until 2012 (the two elections comprised in this graph for the 2010s period, 2013 and 2017, were thus held under voluntary suffrage.
Note: Where the data for countries were not consistently available in the same years, figures from the closest year are used.
The figure includes only quotas introduced at the national level. It does not include voluntary party quotas because the adoption year varies across parties in a given country.
Some answers are obvious and immediate, for example the impact of large numbers of refugees on classrooms, and conversely, the potential for educators to harness the strength in diversity. Others operate on the longer term, for example encouraging civic participation in early years to foster engagement in democratic processes in adulthood.
Note: * indicates country is missing more than 50% of observations, across all eight antibiotic-bacterium pairs, between 2005 and 2015. Countries are sorted left to right based on ascending resistance proportions in 2015.
Note: includes those from drought, floods, biological epidemics, extreme weather, extreme temperature, landslides, dry mass movements, extra-terrestrial impacts, wildfires, volcanic activity and earthquakes.
Note: OECD average refers to the average of 32 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxemburg, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden and the United States
Some answers are obvious and immediate, for example, the impact of cyber risks on students, and conversely, the potential for educators to teach digital resilience. Others are longer term, for example, the need to build school buildings that can withstand extreme weather events.
Note: Countries are ranked in descending order of life expectancy gains.
Note: OECD average is based on data for 26 OECD countries. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
Some answers are obvious and immediate, for example, the impact of dementia, and conversely, the need for further research on brain diseases. Others possess an importance in the longer term, for example increasing life expectancy at birth and the time spent in retirement.
Note: Includes extrapolated figures for Upwork based on most recent annual growth rates. Registered number of users for the two platforms combined.
Note: The figure is based on average data for 26 OECD countries. These include Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
Some answers are obvious and immediate, for example, the impact of women in the workforce, and conversely, the need for high quality early childhood education and care. Others operate in the longer term, such as trends in sustainable consumption.