Future of work
Future of Work
Preparing for the Future: Learning Activities
Educators can use these six learning activities to help students build the essential skills they will need for the future of work.
Smart Work
A Decade of Getting Smart
Over the last decade, the Getting Smart team along with dedicated guest authors and columnists have covered what’s next and what is possible in education. Our posts range from innovations in learning spaces, student agency, to AI—providing our readers the opportunity to learn about emerging trends and see themselves as…
Difference Making
Your Work is to Discover Your Work: On Calling and Contribution
The idea of responding to a calling in our professional lives is widely appreciated across disciplines.
Project-Based Learning
The Kansas City Area Real World Learning Initiative and Recognizing the Need for Change
By: B. Nicely. The Kearney School District Superintendent describes the role the Real World Learning Initiative plays in career success preparation.
Project-Based Learning
Work Experiences Are as Important to Career Prep as School
Work experiences can be as important as formal education (high school and college in particular) in terms of shaping career preferences and readiness.
Future of Learning
3 Reasons to Refresh Your Vision of Powerful Learning
Tom outlines three things that may cause you to reconsider your personal picture of powerful learning experiences
SEL & Mindset
Creativity Establishes the Foundation for Global Success in 2030 and Beyond
By: Dr. P. Mehrotra. The impact of technologies like AI on the workforce will be greater than we’ve previously had to encounter. But the future of work will still require creativity.
Ed Policy
How States Can Jumpstart the Future of Learning
State policymakers can prepare students for the future by ensuring all kids have educational opportunities and skills needed for the future of work.
Future of Work
Robots Won’t Take Away Jobs – But Ineffective Skills Training Might
By: Paul Mumma. In current times, it is more critical than ever to utilize technolgy to improve our learning abilities and create a system of effective, lifelong learning.
Future of Work
Framing a Classroom Around the Future of Work
One teacher decided to frame their entire school year around the future of work, analyzing the teaching and learning in their classroom in the context of takeaways from future of work reports, and chose strategies outlined in this post to educate and prepare students for the workplace ahead.