1. LEARNING
A LIVING
RADICAL INNOVATION
IN EDUCATION FOR WORK
SARAH GILLINSON
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4. Learning a Living: the three elements
SKILLS:
ACQUIRING, MATCHING,
UPDATING
GENERATING
SOLUTIONS
CREATING
POSSIBILITIES

5. skills are the new currency
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6. generating solutions
“We always treat problems as
a good thing here at Lumiar.
Problems require solutions,
and it’s in finding the solutions
that the learning happens…
We teach our students
that there’s no such thing
as failure. We encourage
them to think: Well, that didn’t
work. So why didn’t it work?
Now let’s try again..”
Joanna Gayotto
Headmistress, Lumiar school,
São Paolo
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7. The next frontier: creating possibilities
“We have good skills
in entrepreneurship
(in Burkina Faso) because
we have to. Life is hard.
School eliminates these
skills. It is our job (at 2iE)
to help students come
back to their talent, to
dust off those skills.”
Paul Ginies
Director General,
2iE, Burkina Faso
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10. From the consumption of knowledge to the production of a better world
SKILLS:
AQUIRING, MATCHING AND
UPDATING
CONSUMPTION
GENERATING
SOLUTIONS
LEARNER AGENCY
CREATING
POSSIBILITIES
PRODUCTION

11. Learning Principles 1
1. Start with demand
2. Keep looking forward
3. Ground learning in real life
4. Integrate ‘vocational’ learning
SKILLS:
AQUIRING, MATCHING AND
UPDATING
with mainstream education
5. Design learning to be flexible
and personalised
6. Build in collaborative
experiences
7. Exploit every technology
available

12. Learning Principles 2
1. Trust learners to be
independent
2. Provide mentoring and
SKILLS:
AQUIRING, MATCHING AND
UPDATING
GENERATING
SOLUTIONS
coaching
3. Expand horizons by opening
up learning
4. Teach across subject
boundaries
5. Be democratic

13. Learning Principles 3
1. Enable connection
and empathy
SKILLS:
AQUIRING, MATCHING AND
UPDATING
GENERATING
SOLUTIONS
CREATING
POSSIBILITIES
2. Build self reliance
and encourage
decision-making

14. “I am here because
I want to contribute to
Africa’s development”
“I want to be part
of Africa’s future.”
“Europe is a machine
that has broken down
– here I can really
contribute to building
a new world.”
Students at 2iE
Burkina Faso
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