The world of work is changing (Wiliam, 2015) and there will be some tough decisions ahead about the direction the Australian labour market in the next decade (Martin, 2015). Australia is on the cusp of a new and very different industrial revolution (Martin, 2015) driven by technology.
Teachers as expert clinicians, with vested interest and encouragement as learners themselves, will need to push well beyond situating skills for closed tasks and simply adding knowledge. Instruction for modern learning requires an ability to apply learning in varied situations, not solely in the context in which they are learned (McTighe and Curtis, 2015). The new economy requires all of us to be agile, responsive, design minded and liable for learning when faced with unrehearsed situations in the modern complexities of our lives. Young learners in the new economy need to know how to act when faced with situations they were not specifically prepared for (Papert, 1998, cited in Wiliam, 2015). They will also need an appetite for change and have the aptitude to connect the seemingly unconnected. read more