My presentation today 5th August 2022 at MMVC22 #mmvc22 hosted by Nellie Deutsch Thanks for the opportunity

1. Lifelong learning
and the new
social contract
Professor, Dr. Ebba
Ossiannilsson, Sweden

2. AGENDA
This session will address the new UNESCO social
contract and will also focus on lifelong learning
and the activities within the Lifelong Learning
Platform initiative UNESCO.

3. UNESCO 2019/2021
•Reimagining our
futures together:
a new social
contract for
education

5. UNESCO Futures of Education: Findings
• The report follows in the tradition of the Faure Commission’s 1972 report,
Learning to Be: The World of Education Today and Tomorrow, and the
Delors Commission’s report of 1996, Learning: The Treasure Within. Due to
the rapid changes in our globalized world and the rising importance of
education and lifelong learning therein, this year’s report could not come
at a better time. Global challenges such as the climate crisis, technological
and demographic change, and inequalities further exacerbated by the
COVID-19 pandemic require urgent action. The world is at a turning point,
the members of the International Commission on the Futures of Education
argue: we can continue on the current ‘unsustainable path’ or radically
change course. How we respond to these challenges will determine what
future lies ahead.

6. UNESCO Futures of Education: Findings

7. UNESCO Global Consultation

8. Reimagining our futures together: a new social
contract for education

10. Nine gradients identified (1)
• Public or private good
• Who pays for education in the future?
• Singular or diverse curricula
• Which perspectives will be included in the curricula of the future?
• Early learning or lifelong learning
• When in life is learning most important
• Personalized learning or collective endeavour
• Should learning be tailored to the needs of individuals or groups?
• Transformation or incremental change
• Is transformational change needed for education?

11. Nine gradients identified (2)
• Similar or diverse education trajectories
• Will education become more or less similar across countries?
• Top-down or bottom-up change
• Will changes in education be top-down or bottom-up?
• Optimist or pessimistic future
• Are writers optimistic or pessimistic about the future of education?
• Probable or preferred futures
• Are writers more concerned about the future we will get
• or the future we want?

14. WHAT IS
LIFELONG
LEARNING
Lifelong Learning: Formal,
Nonformal, Informal, and
Self-Directed.

15. WHAT IS LIFELONG LEARNING
• Lifelong learning is the "ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated"pursuit of knowledge for
either personal or professional reasons. It is important for an individual's competitiveness
and employability, but also enhances social inclusion, active citizenship, and personal
development.[
• Lifelong learning is a form of self-initiated education that is focused on personal
development. While there is no standardized definition of lifelong learning, it has
generally been taken to refer to the learning that occurs outside of a formal educational
institute, such as a school, university or corporate training
• The benefits of lifelong learning go beyond career advancement. It can help you
understand how the world works. It can help you realize your passions and boost
creativity. Whatever it is that you're interested in, it is one way to live a better life
• To help children become lifelong learners, teachers need to show students what to do
with the countless pages of information, how to analyze the information, how to
critically think about the information, and to be able to use the information.

16. • It Can Help You Succeed at
Your Job. Only 25% of hiring
managers say job seekers have
the skills their company needs
• It Can Help Your Brain Stay
Healthy
• It Can Help You Stay
Connected
• It Can Help You Stay Fulfilled
• It's Easier Than Ever to
Engage in Lifelong Learning
What are 5 benefits of
lifelong learning

17. Continued professional
learning
… support and
emphasizing
Deeper Learning,
digital learning, and
student
agency/ownership
of their learning.

18. Deeper Learning Competencies.

19. Lifelong learning
•Lifelong learning skills can be a
lot like many of the soft skills
you may have heard of. They
have to do with how we connect
with each other, and with the
world around us. In many ways,
they're also about building
relationships.

20. 21st Century Skills:
Learning for Life in
Our Times.
The “Seven C's,” according to Trilling, who co-authored a book
called” Those C's include:
• critical thinking;
• creativity and innovation;
• collaboration;
• cross-cultural understanding;
• communication;
• computational Thinking
• citizenship

21. Long-life Learning
• Traditionally, lifelong learning has been understood as a
necessity for continued development of skills and knowledge
in an ever-changing world. However, the notion of long-life
learning has emerged as a reconceptualization for thinking
about our expanding lifespans and all of the different
instances and periods of learning that human beings will need
to be prepared for. This also comes with the implication that
formal education and the availability of structured learning
experiences will need to extend beyond a provided primary
and secondary, or even post-secondary experience.
• “Long-life learning is about anticipating that we will all need
to navigate a longer, more turbulent work life. If early baby
boomers are already experiencing 12 job changes by the time
they retire, we may have to prepare for 20 or 30 job
transitions in the future. To stay competitive in the workforce,
we’ll all need to think of ourselves as working learners, always
flexing between working and learning or juggling both at the
same time.” (Weise in Griffin, 2021, para. 5). While the
workforce implications are readily apparent, people living
longer lives in rapidly changing contexts will also need to
develop the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to adapt
and thrive.

25. My Footprints
www.i4quality.se
Ebba.Ossiannilsson@gmail.com
info@i4quality.se
THANK YOU!
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