Schools After Now: Exploring Multiple Futures for Education

Close your eyes for a second and think of something that happened over the last 20 years and you would have never expected to occur Be it the COVID pandemic, smart phones or something else, the truth is that the future likes to surprise us — our world is in a perpetual state of change There are always multiple versions of the future — some are assumptions, others hopes and fears To prepare, we have to consider not only the changes that appear most probable, but also the ones that we aren’t expecting We have imagined four different scenarios for the future of schooling, showing not a single path into the future, but many Using these scenarios can help us identify the opportunities and challenges that these futures could hold for schooling and education more broadly We can then use those ideas to help us better prepare and act now Whether you're a parent or student, teacher or educational leader, researcher or policy maker, these scenarios will help you to think about futures that haven’t occurred to play your part in shaping the future that will 00:30 Scenario 1: Schooling extended 00:50 Scenario 2: Education outsourced 01:14 Scenario 3: Schools as learning hubs 01:39 Scenario 4: Learn-as-you-go Get the "Back to the Future of Education: Four OECD Scenarios for Schooling" book -- https://oe.cd/3sa Follow us and join the conversation! Twitter -- https://twitter.com/OECDEduSkills Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/OECDEduSkills Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/oecd_education_skills #FuturesOfSchooling #EducationDay