The Future School: 2020 Australian Learning Lecture: CANCELLED

The Future School: 2020 Australian Learning Lecture

Valerie Hannon, author and broadcaster

In our transforming world, how will schools respond to the new challenges?

Valerie Hannon is a radical voice for change, grounded in a deep understanding of how education systems work. In the third Australian Learning Lecture, The Future School, Valerie will explore the challenges the old idea of ‘school’ faces in the context of the disruptive shifts that are underway in our world, and the responses that are emerging.

The Future School will be a provocative and progressive view of learning and education, and a ‘must attend’ event for parents, school leaders and teachers. Drawing on a global horizon scan of innovative schools commissioned by the Australian Learning Lecture, Valerie will present the principles that inform future-focused schools and highlight the diverse forms that the Future School is starting to assume.

Valerie will respond to the question “How can change happen?” by including global examples of how schools and learning are being re-invented. She will explore the roles of leaders, systems, philanthropists, parents and learners in accelerating the shift towards future-ready schools.

About Valerie Hannon

Valerie Hannon is a global thought leader, inspiring systems to re-think what ‘success’ will mean in the C 21st, and the implications for education. She is co-founder of the UK-based Innovation Unit. She has worked on education change in the UK, Europe, USA, Australia and Africa, and is a founding member and Co-Chair of the Global Education Leaders partnership – GELP:  http://gelponline.org/
Valerie is an expert adviser on education to the OECD, and a frequent contributor to the World Summit on Innovation in Education (WISE).

About the Australian Learning Lecture
The Australian Learning Lecture (ALL) is a joint project of State Library Victoria and the Koshland Innovation Fund. Commencing in 2015, the decade-long project is designed to strengthen the important of learning in Australia for all Australians. ALL is structured around a biennial lecture that brings to national attention a new, big idea in learning and compelling reasons for new approaches to learning. The lecture is followed by a two-year impact program to showcase how the idea proposed in the lecture can be translated into practice.