Nurturing Young Citizens’ Creativity in Media Use
We are living in a complex world where the rapid technological development of recent decades has brought major changes and challenges. One of the most important of these is the increasing mediatization of our lives: the media is ubiquitous and dominant in our everyday lives. Thanks to the internet, all-powerful companies like Google, Facebook, […]
Diverse Discourse, Limited Action: Media Literacy in East Asia
Media literacy is undoubtedly a must-have competence in the 21st century as various white paper, policies and research results all over the world attest. In this opinion piece, we do not have to argue for the importance of media literacy and to prove the crucial role it plays in the education system. It may, […]
Media Literacy’s Pivotal Role in a Disinformation Society
These are interesting times for media literacy scholars and practitioners. The media landscape has been shaken up by growing concerns about online disinformation and propaganda. After the term ‘fake news’ was catapulted to the forefront during the 2016 US presidential election campaigns, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel has made it […]
Can Computers Perform Workplace Tasks Better Than People?
Digitalization is connecting people, cities, countries and continents, bringing together a majority of the world’s population in ways that vastly increase our individual and collective potential. Yet the same forces have also made the world more volatile, more complex and more uncertain. The rolling processes of automation and the hollowing out of jobs, particularly for […]
To Prepare Kids for a Changing Economy, Invest in Great Teaching and More of It
2017 WISE Summit speaker Dr. Mike Feinberg shares his views on the future of the teaching profession. Dr. Feinberg is the Co-Founder of KIPP, a national network of 209 high-performing public charter schools serving nearly 90,000 children. When it comes to preparing students for the future, teachers today have a tough task. In the predictable economy […]
Education: Change Is Here, But Are You Ready For It?
“Our education system is a mess; it is failing us, our children, our future” – a catchphrase I hear at conferences, during dinner and casual conversations. This refrain takes me back to my school years. I remember sitting in class, listening passively followed by hours of rote learning and note taking. There was no room […]
Can Learning Increase Intelligence?
All eyes are on her. It’s her worst nightmare, and everyone is watching as she is about to be gobbled by shame. She hopes no one can notice her shaky legs, her flushed face. The long moments of silence are only disrupted by hurtful whispers and badly concealed giggles. The teacher is still waiting. “Well? […]
Three Things Governments Should Do to Close the Global Skills Gap
No generation in history has ever had the opportunity to radically enhance global economic equality for every individual on earth. It is, however, our gift, if we are willing to grasp it. The gift I speak of is the ability of our civilisation to educate everyone across the world online, from early adulthood, to a […]
Working Together to Improve Education
“The future success of the South African classroom lies in understanding the issues of interdependency and sustainability – and in having the courage to make innovations possible. This Review is a showcase of a section of the outstanding innovations in the South African Education sector.” (Professor Jonathan Jansen – writer of the Review’s foreword) South Africa spends […]
Three Ways Governments Can Promote Skill Development in Latin America
This article is part of a series on innovative solutions to tackle the main challenges of Latin American education (part 4 of 6). Across Latin America, higher education is in trouble. In Mexico, to take just one example, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) points out that just 23 percent of all young adults (up to age […]