The Future of Education and Jobs

The Future of Education and Jobs

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What the fourth industrial revolution could mean for education and jobs

By Andreas Schleicher

It’s so much easier to educate students for our past, than for their future. Schools are inherently conservative social systems, and as parents, we become anxious when our children learn things that we don’t understand – especially when they no longer study things that were so important for us. Teachers are more comfortable teaching how they were taught, rather than how they were taught to teach. And politicians can lose an election over education, but rarely win support over it, because it takes much more than an election cycle to translate good intentions into better results.

But the world is changing fast. The charity Education and Employers recently asked some 20,000 primary school children to draw their own future, and the opportunities children see for tomorrow are amazing. At the OECD, their report has inspired us to look at the future of education and jobs more systematically. We will present our findings and a selection of the drawings with them tomorrow in Davos, where world leaders are gathering to discuss the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

(...) For me, the most troubling aspect of the children’s drawings was the myopic perspective that children from disadvantaged background had about the world of work – a perspective that was narrowly constrained to what their parents or relatives do. We can certainly do better. Technology now allows us to give all children – regardless of social background, where they live or the jobs their parents do – the same chance to meet people (online and offline) who do all kinds of jobs, and to help them understand the vast array of opportunities open to them. Employers and educators need to work far more closely together to help broaden young people’s horizons and raise their aspirations.

Building an Effective Skills Strategy for Spain – Workshop with Stakeholders

Building an Effective Skills Strategy for Spain – Workshop with Stakeholders from OECD Education

Learning for Jobs -OCDE -Education

Learning For Jobs from OECD Education

People without an upper secondary education are less employable and more likely to get stuck in poverty traps...

How well are countries educating young people to the level needed for a job and a living wage?
    People without an upper secondary education are at significant risk of unemployment and poverty. While most OECD   countries have been able to expand educational opportunities so that more young people now have this minimum   qualification, some have been less successful in doing so. And the economic crisis that began in 2008 is revealing that an   upper secondary education is no longer solid insurance against unemployment and low wages.  

Five myths about how to create jobs

(..)With unemployment hovering just below 10 percent, job creation is now priority number one in Washington. But America’s jobs challenge is a marathon, not a sprint.

1. Surely there’s a quick fix.

2. The key to boosting employment quickly is to help small businesses.

3. High-tech jobs will solve the problem.

4. Higher productivity (when an economy produces more goods and services per worker) kills jobs.

5. Increasing exports will revive manufacturing employment.

Can Blogs Become a Big Source of Jobs?

(..)“You need something else that comes to the table with you,” he said. “A good blogger is passionate and authoritative on something. If you’re not passionate about what you’re communicating, you’re going to be missing something.”

The bottom line is this: while running a Web log is a skill that more and more employers seek in their employees, finding full-time work in that world is still unusual.


Matriculado en la euforia y licenciado en el desastre



España vive el drama de una generación que termina la carrera sin apenas perspectivas de trabajar - Buscan desesperadamente empleo sin importar ya las condiciones, el sueldo o la precariedad .

SEARCH “blog,” “blogger” or “blogging” on the Indeed.com job board and more than 13,000 jobs come up. But narrow the search to job titles containing those words and the opportunities dwindle to just over 50.

En España http://www.indeed.es/.

A clase hasta los 18, quieras o no

Varios países han aumentado la escolarización obligatoria para luchar contra el abandono escolar - Para muchos, obligar a estudiar a alumnos casi adultos es ineficaz, inviable y contraproducente - Para otros, mejora su perspectiva laboral.

Todo el mundo coincide en que la educación y la formación es la clave.Pero alguno ya ha propuesto ideas para el futuro.

"el propio sistema educativo conduce implacablemente a muchos alumnos a un callejón sin salida dada la imposibilidad que tienen de desempeñar ningún papel positivo en el seno de una institución que por ahora es estructuralmente incapaz de dar una respuesta eficaz a la enorme diversidad del alumnado y a un mundo en cambio constante. Esta imposibilidad se traduce en abandono y en un profundo desinterés e incluso aversión por todo lo que signifique formación o cultura".

"Antes se enseñaba lo que habría que hacer en el puesto de trabajo, pero ahora hay que preparar a las personas para que estén en condiciones de hacer cosas que no se les han enseñado.

Los trabajadores "autoprogramables" de los que habla el profesor Manuel Castells son los que tienen conocimientos, responsabilidad, capacidad de trabajo en equipo, aptitudes sociales y carácter emprendedor. Estos atributos determinan a la persona educada para participar en la sociedad del conocimiento."

"En educación apenas hay I+D a pesar de que hay base más que suficiente para pensar que los retos educativos de la sociedad del conocimiento difícilmente se pueden afrontar con conceptos, estructuras y prácticas del pasado, remozadas como máximo con algunos recursos adicionales y "modernos", como los ordenadores."

"la organización de la educación no universitaria debería tener como hilo conductor el éxito del alumnado. Cada alumna o alumno individualmente considerado es lo más importante y a éste tienen que supeditarse todos los planteamientos del sistema. Ya no es admisible que el alumnado sea considerado como una especie de materia prima cuyo suministro incesante y su "tratamiento" según lo previsto justifica la existencia y la pervivencia del sistema y de una gran clase profesional de docentes y de gestores del sistema educativo. La educación de masas ya no cumple la finalidad para la que fue creada, ni tampoco la sociedad ni las personas tienen las mismas necesidades, ni siquiera admiten el mismo trato. En la sociedad del conocimiento, el sistema educativo sólo podrá hallar su lugar si antepone el educando a cualquier otra consideración. "

Centro Educativo Jacint Verdaguer

MET schools

Kunskapsskolan

Mi colega catalán Ferran Ruiz Tarragó lo tiene claro. Al menos ha tenido la oportunidad de explicarselo a sus señorias los senadores.

Hemen beti hizkuntzaz gora eta behera.