Next Gen World Majlis | A School for my Children: Notes from the Teachers and Parents of Tomorrow

A School for my Children: Notes from the Teachers and Parents of Tomorrow

The world is changing at an accelerated rate. Technological innovations and globalisation have transformed the way we live, work, and interact with each other while humanity faces unique environmental challenges. Education systems, schools and teaching methods must adapt to prepare the future generations for a more unpredictable future and for job types that do not yet exist. Building on your experience as a student and your thoughts on how these transformations will play out in the future, if you were to design a school and classroom for your children, what would that look like? How should classrooms of the future differ from the ones today, in form and purpose? What subjects, skills and ways of learning will take priority in a school of the future? What are the biggest challenges you foresee in creating your ideal school or education system of the future? If you were an Education Minister, how would you overcome these challenges?