+ FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
21ST CENTURY SKILLS Presentation to the KT Edu-Conversations 17 April 2018 A PRESENTATION BY
GODWIN KHOSA NECT CEO
School Subject Evolution
Race between Changing Life and Education
Disconnect between youth, employers and educators
Source: McKinsey
Thinking the Future: Rapid Foresight Extrapolation – Achievements and errors Strategizing – Reactive and Proactive
Foresight – future back to the past Futurology –future through different perspective
Science Fiction – dreams and probabilities Agency for strategic initiatives, Global Education futures, Communities of Practice Developers
Drivers of 4IR PHYSICAL
DIGITAL
Nanomaterial Graphene- 200 times stronger than steel, million times thinner and can transport heat and electricity
Sensors & Connectors Homes, cities, clothes
Autonomous Vehicles
The rule of Big Data
3-D printing Advanced Robotics
The Dawn of Sharing Economy
BIOLOGICAL Designer babies editing of genes
Designer foodcrops and animals Bioprinting Health monitors
EFFECTS Empowerment
BIG DIFFERENCE : SPEED
No Ownership
Facebook took 6 years to reach $ 1 billion dollar mark; Google 5 years
Life expectancy Less demand Networking
30 Billion What's Up messages a day 3 companies in Detroit $36 b employed 1.2 million people - 3 in Silicon Valley were worth $1,09 trillion and
Employment Changes Change in social engagement models
employed 137 000 people Labour / Capital
Robust Jobs Policy analysts Statisticians Physicists Economists Lab managers Human resource OH&S advisers Financial brokers Solicitors Technical writers Actuaries Detectives Psychologists Market researchers Journalists School teachers Programmers Software engineers Web developers DB administrators Web designers
General practitioners Nurses Podiatrists Dental technicians Pharmacists Veterinarians Radiographers Physiotherapists Tour guides Beauty therapists Make-up artists Community workers Massage therapists Cardiac technicians Childcare workers Special Ed teachers Fitness instructors Psychiatrists Paramedics Surgeons Social workers Š Center for Curriculum Redesign
Emergence of New Jobs Job
Pay level
App developer Driverless car engineer Cloud computing specialist Big data analyst/data scientist Social media manager Sustainability manager YouTube content creators Millennial generational expert Drone operators Uber driver
High High High High Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Low
Impact on learning ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
How do we teach a googled learner? Move to learner-centric approaches Computer-based variable teaching of content (multiple learning styles and intelligence types) Realtime assessment Fuelled by increased affordability and usability Increased power of end user- learner and parents Need for less standardised and more specialised schools Curriculum that is independent of regulations
Learning and Teaching Framework
Learning and Teaching Framework Modernized Disciplines Interdisciplinarity
Mindfulness Curiosity Courage Resilience Ethics Leadership
Creativity Critical thinking Communication Collaboration
Growth Mindset Metacognition
Flipping the Curriculum
Embed Themes
Introduce Modern Disciples
21st Century Learning And Teaching Sandbox
21st Century Learning and Teaching Sandbox Ecosystems beyond schools and education sector
Teacher preparations and Inputs in schools
Role of Technology
Innovative learning environments Pedagogic Core and widening repertoires
Schools as Learning organisations
Regroup educators
Regroup Learners
Rescheduling & timetabling OECD 2017, Schools at Crossroads of Innovation