The document discusses the future of learning and education. It argues that teachers should nurture skills like expert thinking, collaboration, entrepreneurship, and global citizenship to prepare students for rapidly changing environments. It also lists challenges with the current education system, including its focus on individual achievement, specialization, risk aversion, passive learning, and using extrinsic incentives. Quotes suggest that assessment policies in schools often differ from what is actually required, with too much testing and a focus on content coverage rather than learning objectives.

1. Cameron Paterson
Twitter: @cpaterso
The Future of Learning

2. “When teachers embrace learning for the future, they
nurture expert thinking, collaboration and
entrepreneurship. They foster intercultural understanding,
environmental stewardship and global citizenship. They
invite students to understand complex problems, create
quality work and express themselves through traditional
and new media – ultimately preparing students to live
ethical and reflective lives in rapidly changing
environments.”
(Veronica Boix-Mansilla, The Future of Learning Institute,
Project Zero)

3. Bonawitz et al, The Double-Edged Sword of Pedagogy: Instruction
Limits Spontaneous Exploration and Discovery

4. Interview with David Perkins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7UnupF-uJk

5. Neuroscience

6. Technology

7. Globalisation

8. 5 ways the education system is stunting
innovation:
1. Individual achievement is the focus
2. Specialisation is celebrated and rewarded
3. Risk aversion is the norm
4. Learning is profoundly passive
5. Extrinsic incentives drive learning

10. “The Board of Studies does not require a number to be used (in
relation to assessment) until Year 12.”
“Grading is an end of course judgement.”
“School protocols squash the reality of what the Board requires out
of sight.”
• Too much testing
• Focus more on learning objectives and less on covering content