Taddy Blecher believes it's not just time to change our education system, but it's time to change education by creating a new system that capitalizes on technology and capability.

1. MOONSHOTS
in Education
23 April 2019
Canada
Taddy Blecher

2. Canada is doing extremely
well by conventional
standards…
Highest Tertiary Education %’age in World (54%)
School education system amongst best. 99% literacy
Healthiest nation in the world (Indigo Health Index)
Unemployment rate at 4.8%
(Small Businesses employ 70% of private sector).
10’th best economy in the world
Civil liberties, Quality of life, Economic Freedoms

4. ?
The Individual

5. This is all about Human Beings
Hearts and minds
Self esteem and self confidence
Inside out. Not outside in
Knowledge
Skills
Values
Attitudes & Ethics
Inspiration. Imagination.
Purpose
How to use Tech
A Day in the Life of
8am
Yoga
Breathing
Meditation
Rest
Reading software
Maths software
Language software
Work/ Simulated work
Bootcamps
Lunch
Nature
Sports and Exercise
Speaking and debating
Open book
Logic skills
Lectures with world-class faculty
up to 14,500 miles away
Meals
6pm

6. Nhlakanipho Chiliza

7. The School: SA Banking Case Study
Name Surname Position Department
Mthokosizi Mvumbu Head: Equity Derivatives Sales Corporate and Investment Banking
Njabulo Shezi Head: Group Strategy Group - Head Office
Nhlakanipho Chiliza Vice President: Sales Enablement Corporate and Investment Banking
Simphiwe Chiliza Vice President: Sales Trader
Money Market
Liquidity and Working Capital
Management
Siphesihle Sokhela Assistant Vice President: Business
Analyst Investment Operations
Operations
Nhlakanipho Gumede Assistant Vice President: Operations and
Technology
Corporate and Investment Banking
Mpho Waleng Vice President: Administrator Investment
Absa Wealth Operations
Wealth Investments Management
and Insurance (WIMI)
Sindi Dlamini Assistant Vice: President
Specialist Payment
Corporate and Investment Banking
Bongeliwe Chiyi Vice President: Administrator
Linked Investments
Wealth Investments Management and
Insurance (WIMI)
Mogapi Legodi Vice President
Prayer Masina Assistant Vice President:
Consultant Exchange
Control RCRM
Corporate and Investment Banking

8. Cisco. Accenture.
Global Networking Contest created by Cisco.
First time ever won globally by an African.
Accenture: 180 graduates and students

9. RESULTS

10. The Stakes: Africa Today
420 million youth aged 15-35…
Only one in six is in wage employment
70% live on less than $2 per day

11. • Content dominant
• Exam Driven and Rote Based
• Telling students what to think, not how to think
• ‘Sage on the Stage’: Not Learner Centred
• Relevance
• Industrial-Era Origin
• Boring
MASSIVE INERTIA. INCENTIVES DRIVE INERTIA.
Why is Education Ineffective

12. Looking Into The Near Future of an
Exponential Revolution
LevelofAdvancement
2045202920181997
Human Parity
First AI
Robot
Handwriting
Recognition
Technological
Singularity
“AI will reach human levels
by around 2029.
By 2045 we will have
multiplied our human
biological intelligence
a billion-fold”
Ray Kurzweil

13. How Do We Make Education
Work For Everyone
1. The Whole Person
2. Brain Based Learning
3. Leverage Technology: Content and Skills
4. Personal Talents and Interests

14. The Whole Person: Flipping Maslow On Its Head
The Whole Person

15. The Whole Person:
Development of
Consciousness
• Body
• Senses
• Mind
• Intellect
• Feelings
• Ego
• Being
The Whole Person

16. The Results: Published research
- Psychology Reports in March 2019
15 60 105
Days
0
17
27
37
47
57
67
77
Maharishi Institute TM Group
Non-TM Group – major SA University
Below 34 - non-symptomatic
PCL-C test range 17-85
The Whole Person
Reduction in PTSD

17. ‘Join together 100 billion neurons — with 100 trillion connections
— and you have yourself a human brain, capable of much, much more’.
- Scientific American
Brain Based Learning

18. Increasing Coherence
– The Development of the Brain Over Time
‘Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I’ve had’ - Ray Dalio
An increase in brain coherence in the individual over time. EEG. Alpha, Beta, Theta, Delta
Non-Meditator 4 Month Meditation 2 Year Meditation 15 Year Meditation
Brain Based Learning

19. Percentile Score in USA Nationwide
Standardised Academic Tests
Percentile Score
Grade 12Grade 8
0%
100%
20%
40%
60%
80%
50%
99,0%
Independent SAT Tests
Development of Consciousness
Brain Based Learning

20. Leveraging Great Tools:
Technology Revolution
THE CONTENT AND SKILLS:
Tech cracks the scale issue.
Packaging of World’s Best Educators
Tech provides highest quality and consistency
Leverage Technology

21. Content Skills
Meta-
Learning
Mastery
Enlightenment
Higher Consciousness
Higher-Order
Thinking
COMPLETE

22. A Marriage: Human Evolution…methods
… along with IT Revolution
The Future:
Mass Personalization in Education

23. A $15 Million global competition to empower
children to take control of their own learning.
MOONSHOT 1:
Global Learning
XPRIZE Challenge
Content and Skills

24. Effects on
social
development
Effects on
economic development
EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON YOU CAN
USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD - NELSON MANDELA
R1 trillion life earnings
18,550 graduates –
are changing 150,000 lives
100,000 graduates –
will change 1million lives R 10 billion salary
MOONSHOT 2: Reinventing University. ‘Getting to
Ultra’ Low-Cost. Life Changing

25. MOONSHOT 3:
Reinventing
National School Systems
Improve education for 13.9 million kids per year
21’st Century Skills
Employability & Entrepreneurship skills
Innovation

26. Thank You
Edmonton

27. Thank You
CALL TO ACTION. Taddy Blecher