GEC Conference Co-Chair will be a special guest via TelePresence at this event.
EFF9: "To school or not to school?" is due to take place on Monday, 20 January 2014 at 10:15am (GMT). The debate is being held at The Education World Forum in front of an audience of ministers. So join us, two amazing speakers, special guests and fellows and tweet comments and questions to #EFF9.
Many of the schools around the world were built for a different time. Schools are being constantly pushed to improve and evolve but can they? The skills we require from students are changing and the student’s needs and expectations are changing. If we are to support these changes to what extent can we rely on traditional approaches to learning; to what extent do we require an entirely new approaches to learning? Does the drive for change and the pressure of economic forces mean that the notion school is outdated, or can schooling be changed to better support the needs of today’s learners and the economies within which they work?
Opening the debate will be Senator David Coltart and speakers will be Vicky Colbert, Founder of Colombia’s Escuela Nueva andRamji Raghavan Founder of India’s Agastya International Foundation. Also joining the debate will be guests Alexander Uvarov from Russia, as well Kristen Weatherby who spoke at EFF8, watch the debate and learn about their work and their views on the significant challenge for learning today.
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