1.
Dr Cheryl Doig
Exploring the Edges
A provocation for the future of education

2.
School as a #learningecosystem
Fit for purpose
Adaptive
Agile
Complex
Contextual
The minute you stick your toe in the water
the system has changed.

3.
Agents who weave learning as:
– facilitators
– activists
– curators
– knowledge experts
– bridge builders
– boundary spanners
– role models
– innovators
– inquirers
www.thinkbeyond.co.nz
TEACHING
Leaders need to be warm and demanding.
Professional, active, complex, present.

4.
The 7 Principles of Learning
1. Learners at the center
2. Social nature of learning
3. Emotions are integral to learning
4. Recognising individual differences
5. Stretching all students
6. Assessment for learning
7. Building horizontal connections
-Source: Dumont et al, 2010
Think Beyond Education

5.
On average, by 2020, more than a third of the desired core
skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills
that are not yet considered crucial to the job today,
according to our respondents. Overall, social skills— such
as persuasion, emotional intelligence and teaching
others—will be in higher demand across industries than
narrow technical skills, such as programming or equipment
operation and control. In essence, technical skills will need
to be supplemented with strong social and collaboration
skills.
World Economic Forum - The Future of Jobs
Preparation for the world of work?

6.
• 75% of employees will be millennials
• Over 2 billion jobs will have disappeared, freeing up talent for many
fledgling industries.
• The world’s largest Internet company will be in the education business,
and it will be a company we have not heard of yet.
• 50% of all traditional colleges will collapse, paving the way for an entire
new education industry to emerge.
• By 2030 over 80% of all doctor visits will have been replaced by
automated exams.
http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2012/02/2-billion-jobs-to-disappear-by-2030/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshsteimle/2015/05/05/reverse-mentoring-investing-in-tomorrows-business-strategy/#50533242666d
Unbundled Speed 2030
Think Beyond Education

7.
International migrants would now
constitute the world’s fifth most
populous country if they all lived in
the same place

8.
www.thinkbeyond.co.nz

9.
The purpose of education - personalised for each learner
more – access to all…to
better – evidence to bear …to
different – personalised
From…
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10.
Internal to YOU
Confidence that you can make a difference through your
actions – to self, society or environment
It is subjective
Initiate, execute, control your actions
Agency
“In complex organizations where roles, responsibilities, and decision rights are ambiguous, a strong sense
of agency is one of the most important attributes a leader can possess.”
From The Third Wave: The Future of Leadership
We want people:
• to figure things out for themselves
• to be self starters rather than being told what to do
• have initiative
• who don’t depend of on others for answers
• hold themselves accountable
• have a sense of responsibility for results
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11.
New Zealand must
become a city of
four million people
Sir Paul CallaghanThink Beyond Education

12.
Our message to
leaders today for
tomorrow’s
learners
Give young people more choice,
more access to technology,
more and varied opportunities,
especially for independent learning
while keeping each school’s character
and motivating us to learn.
Just don’t allow today’s reality to limit
tomorrow’s possibilities.
Summary of ideas from
secondary school
students ChCh 2013

13.
Who gets to decide?
For what world?
Why?
The purpose of education…
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14.
I have questions not answers…
Think Beyond
PO Box 35314
Christchurch
New Zealand
P +64 3 389 4216
c.doig@thinkbeyond.co.nz
www.thinkbeyond.co.nz