{"id":10148,"date":"2020-12-06T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/?p=10148"},"modified":"2023-12-04T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:57:40","slug":"leading-the-way-for-the-future-of-international-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/leading-the-way-for-the-future-of-international-education","title":{"rendered":"What are ‘Schools of the Future’?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our partnered schools around the globe are actively contributing to the future of global education and strive towards building environments that support innovation and allow creativity to flourish. Take The Green School, Bali<\/a> and The British School, Muscat<\/a> for example, both recently included in the World Education\u2019s report on Schools of the Future <\/a>and recognised for meeting their outlined \u201c8 characteristics of learning content and experiences.\u201d  Beyond test scores\u2013although they are all high ranking\u2013our partnered schools are driving international education forward and creating a new paradigm of education as we know it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the characteristics of a leading school? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The World Economic Forum produced a report this year titled the \u201cSchools of the Future\u201d, calling for education systems to adapt models that equip children with \u201cthe skills to create a more inclusive, cohesive and productive world.\u201d <\/strong>The report claims education systems have become \u201cdisconnected from the realities and needs of global economies and societies\u201d due to the advancements in globalization and technology transforming the way the world works.   <\/em>As a response, they have created a framework and report for the future of schools: a collaborative effort from policymakers and educators. The report looks at how education needs to change and highlights schools that are leading the way. \"googleusercontent\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The below characteristics represent a pioneering mindset and aspirational approach to the world of learning we are lucky enough to see through our schools everyday. Schools that look beyond textbooks to promote both social and planetary development and cohesion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 characteristics of high-quality learning, from the WEF report. Aptly coined as \u201cEducation 4.0:\u201d <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Global citizenship skills:<\/strong> Include content that focuses on building awareness about the wider world, sustainability and playing an active role in the global community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Innovation and creativity skills<\/strong>: Include content that fosters skills required for innovation, including complex problem-solving, analytical thinking, creativity and systems analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Technology skills:<\/strong> Include content that is based on developing digital skills, including programming, digital responsibility and the use of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Interpersonal skills:<\/strong> Include content that focuses on interpersonal emotional intelligence, including empathy, cooperation, negotiation, leadership and social awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Personalized and self-paced learning: <\/strong>Move from a system where learning is standardized, to one based on the diverse individual needs of each learner, and flexible enough to enable each learner to progress at their own pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Accessible and inclusive learning: <\/strong>Move from a system where learning is confined to those with access to school buildings to one in which everyone has access to learning and is therefore inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Problem-based and collaborative learning:<\/strong> Move from process-based to project- and problem-based content delivery, requiring peer collaboration and more closely mirroring the future of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Lifelong and student-driven learning:<\/strong> Move from a system where learning and skilling decrease over one\u2019s lifespan to one where everyone continuously improves on existing skills and acquires new ones based on their individual needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responses to global education during a pandemic <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As 2020 draws to a close, we particularly want to commend our schools responses to international education in the time of a global pandemic and want to showcase their resilience, adaptability and force. Whether this inspires you in your search for your next international school job, allows you to reflect on the state of education today or fuels some action for an education system of tomorrow;  just sit back while we share some highlights from our leaders in international education inline with the skills and learnings outlined above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real life application of skills and learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve picked a few of the WEF characteristics and found some real life applications of these values in our schools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Green School, Bali<\/span>: Lifelong and student-driven learning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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As mentioned, the Green School Bali was commended for living and leading on these 8 values, and we couldn\u2019t agree more. Real-world application of global and local issues sets the group of Green Schools apart. The physical environments themselves represent a cohesion with the natural world that they promote to students and parents. They describe direct immersion with the natural world as a way for students  \u201ctap into their curiosity, empathy & creative thinking skills.\u201d They live their message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Highlight:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our recent highlight from Green School, Bali in 2020, aligns with WEF report point 8: Lifelong and student-driven learning.  The Green School, Bali has a programme called The Bridge which is a space on their campus for parents and adults to learn, co-work and attend workshops so they are also continually learning. Recently, Green School flipped the Bridge into a student take over<\/a> : \u201cIn a series of student moderated talks and discussions, community members will be lead through a journey of self-reflection on their commitment to, and action on making our world sustainable.\u201d An apt way to promote lifelong learning, involving both students and parents and creating a refreshing leadership example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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