What will schooling look like in the future? Four OECD scenarios

Close your eyes for a second and think of something that happened over the last 20 years and you would have never expected to occur

Be it the COVID pandemic, smart phones or something else, the truth is that the future likes to surprise us — our world is in a perpetual state of change

There are always multiple versions of the future — some are assumptions, others hopes and fears

To prepare, we have to consider not only the changes that appear most probable, but also the ones that we aren’t expecting

We have imagined four different scenarios for the future of schooling, showing not a single path into the future, but many

Using these scenarios can help us identify the opportunities and challenges that these futures could hold for schooling and education more broadly

We can then use those ideas to help us better prepare and act now

Whether you're a parent or student, teacher or educational leader, researcher or policy maker, these scenarios will help you to think about futures that haven’t occurred to play your part in shaping the future that will

00:30 Scenario 1: Schooling extended
00:50 Scenario 2: Education outsourced
01:14 Scenario 3: Schools as learning hubs
01:39 Scenario 4: Learn-as-you-go

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