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Looking globally: the future of education
Looking globally: the future of education

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Aims and activities

In Week 6 you will:

  • begin to understand how education can respond to the opportunities and challenges of the future with renewed purpose.

Activities should extend understanding already considered in the previous weeks of:

  • how ideas explored in the course may impact on your own education system
  • the potential impacts of key globally experienced drivers on the future of young people in your context
  • what the characteristics of an education fit for the future might be.
Week 6 activity planner
ActivityDetailsTime
1Consider the reflection points, and then write three different posts for the course forum. Read some of the other posts. 60 minutes
2Review your learning from the past three weeks and consider the reflection points. 60 minutes
3Read through a resource about the Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja-ABEK Program and then consider the reflection point. 60 minutes
4Create a detailed mind map summarising your learning from the course. 60 minutes
5Write a 200-word course forum post.60 minutes