Overview

What are the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values that learners need to thrive in and shape their world? How can education systems help learners develop these attributes, preparing them for lifelong learning as informed and critical thinkers?

It is essential that our schools and early childhood centres empower learners with the agency to shape, and find success in, their future lives. Learners need support in developing not only knowledge and skills but also attitudes and values that will guide them to contribute to the world as active citizens. Additionally, they need opportunities to nurture their creative thinking abilities to find innovative solutions to current and future problems.

Explore perspectives on learning for the future by accessing the resources below.

Reports and papers

• A look at complex problem solving in the 21st century – Thiemo Kunze, Matthias Stadler, Samuel Greiff.
• Educating for a digital future - the challenge – Marc Tucker.
• Educating for a digital future - notes on the curriculum – Marc Tucker.
• Education: future frontiers - opportunities and challenges for education – NSW Department of Education.
• Helping future citizens navigate an automated, datafied world – Lyria Bennett Moses.
• On education in the 21st century – Richard Watson.
• Preparing today's students for tomorrow's world – Mark Scott.
• Transforming school education for the smart machine age – Edward D. Hess.

Podcasts

• Challenging 21st-century skills - Edspresso episode 6, with Daisy Christodoulou.

Videos

• An interview with Simon Longstaff - Video Edspresso episode 7.
• The case for change – Charlie’s Future animation.