The industrial era school achieved, at a minimum, the goal of letting parents go to work without worrying about their children and drilling into every future worker the importance of showing up on time and following rules. But now this is not enough. Today we expect creativity and autonomy, self-directed learning and discovery. This questions the relevance of the industrial era school to a new economic and social era.  The workshop engaged participants in exploring transformational visions of schools in the context of more intense society-wide learning in the 21st century.

Facilitator: Mr. Anthony MACKAY, Chair, Innovation Unit (UK); Chair, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership; CEO, Centre for Strategic Education, Australia