Kasper Kjeldgaard Stoltz

OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS THE WORLD AT LARGE HAS UNDERGONE RADICAL CHANGES, IN A PACE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY. A CHANGE MAINLY CAUSED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. BUT SCHOOLING, ESPECIALLY PRIMARY SCHOOLS, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO ADAPT OR KEEP UP WITH THIS CHANGE. THE RESULT IS, THAT WE ARE NOW EDUCATING KIDS TO A SOCIETY THAT NO LONGER EXISTS AND FAIL TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED TO FUNCTION AND THRIVE IN THE CURRENT WORLD. I BELIEVE THAT IF WE DON’T RE-THINK WHAT STUDENTS LEARN AND HOW TEACHERS TEACH, WHICH AGAIN DEMANDS A RE-THINKING OF THE PHYSICAL SPACES IN WHICH THIS LEARNING AND TEACHING ARE TO TAKE PLACE, WE WILL FAIL TO FULFILL THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION; TO ENSURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATIONS ARE CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER WORLD DEFINED BY SUSTAINABILITY, FREEDOM AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL RESPONSIBILITY. FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, IT CALLS FOR A COMPLETELY NEW WAY OF DESIGNING SCHOOLS, LED AND INFORMED BY 21ST CENTURY LEARNING SKILLS SUCH AS EMPATHY, COLLABORATION, CO-CREATION, CREATIVITY, CRITICAL THINKING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. SKILLS FAR FROM THE IDEOLOGY OF PRAXIS ON WHICH THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM AND GENERAL LAYOUT OF CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLS ARE DESIGNED UPON.