learning a living by valerie hannon

LEARNINGA LIVING

VALERIE HANNON

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RADICAL INNOVATIONIN EDUCATION FOR WORK

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• what is happening to the world of work?

• what is happening to workforcesand what do they need?

• how should learning be organised to meet these needs?

On every continent, innovators are rethinking how we organise learning for work in fast-changing conditions.

The work we do, and how we do it, is changing

• technology and globalisation

• environment

• economies in flux

• demography

The new world of work

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Who are the losers?

• Young people: 300m unemployed worldwide

• Low-skilled• Security and stability:

the phenomenon of ‘permatemps’• Rising graduate unemployment

economies in flux…

• learn rapidly to change their skill sets

• form ad-hoc teams (‘swarming’)

• be flexible, adapted to ‘anytime, anywhere’

• have ‘global competence’

In global knowledge economies, workers will…

An homogenised, ‘MacDonalds’ world?

the danger, the fear…

“it’s in our hands”

stark skills mismatches

The World at Work: Jobs, Pay and Skills

for 3.5 billion PeopleJune 2012 McKinsey

Global Institute

employers are unable to recruit workers with the right capabilities

2020

“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 GiniesDirector General, 2iE, Burkina Faso

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SKILLS: ACQUIRING, MATCHING, UPDATING

Learning a Living: the three elements

CREATING POSSIBILITIE

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GENERATING SOLUTIONS

skills are the new currency

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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 GayottoHeadmistress, Lumiar school,

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The next frontier: creating possibilities

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“When young people are given real world

experience and their learning is grounded in

it, they change. By engaging the, and

respecting them, you will change them. They become transformed.”

Dennis Littky,Big Picture Learning

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“I have learned to take control of my life. I have learned not to stand and

watch. In contrast with our other lessons, we had the

responsibility. Nobody gave us any solutions. It has

changed me completely. I found that the more you do, the more you can do.

I don’t want to be an employee now.”

Lina, student, INJAZentrepreneurship program

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PRODUCTION

GENERATING SOLUTIONS

From the consumption of knowledge to the production of a better world

CONSUMPTION

CREATING POSSIBILITIES

SKILLS: AQUIRING, MATCHING AND UPDATING

LEARNER AGENCY

VALUESVALUESVALUES

“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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