Youth will Pave the Path to Africa’s Future
Key insights from a JA Africa study which was published in June 2020 show that African youth have a predominantly positive outlook and entrepreneurial disposition despite facing a myriad of challenges in the private sector. According to the survey, eighty-three per cent of youth surveyed expect Africa’s private sector to expand significantly over the next five years. The positive mindsets […]
The Future of Work: Technology, Value, and Co-Creation
With digitization, increased globalization, and an ageing population, the world of work is invariably changing. The extent to which individuals, firms and economies can harness the benefits of these changes critically depends on the readiness of adult learning systems to prepare people with relevant skills[1]. Our last episode featured three guest speakers we met in WISE@Paris, where […]
The Future of Work: Personal, Adaptive, Protected
About a decade ago, few companies used the internet as a means to research potential candidates to employ for the workforce. Now, having a bad online presence is considered detrimental to a company or employee’s reputation. CareerBuilder conducted a national survey and found that 57% of employers are less likely to interview a candidate they […]
Project-Based Learning: Bringing the Real World into the Classroom
Project Based Learning (PBL) is nothing new, but it has recently resurfaced as a reliable and meaningful way to both engage all students and focus on deeper learning. Drawing on constructivist and experiential learning methods, PBL focuses students on meaningful task completion that is different from simply “doing projects” in the classroom. In fact, […]
What It Means to Be a Global Citizen Today
Global citizens see themselves as part of a world community. Such a community is rapidly emerging as a result of the growing inter-connectivity and inter-dependence of people and their countries. A global citizen’s actions support the political, social, economic and moral values of this community which have also been espoused by global leaders for […]
Three Paths to Global Citizenship
Global citizenship, even citizenship, is not a familiar concept to many Chinese people. Awareness of citizenship, which I interpret as a sense of claiming citizens’ rights and working for the betterment of community, is almost absent in Chinese society due to the strong tradition of obedience to authority. However, awareness of citizenship is essential […]
Global Citizenship Education: a New Ethics for the World System?
Putting every child in school, improving the quality of learning and fostering global citizenship are the three principles of the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) launched by the United Nations in 2012. The three principles are intimately interrelated, and a cornerstone of the post-2015 development model advocated by the United Nations and its specialized […]