Future schools and innovation

Effective school leaders consciously support innovation and keep a focus on education’s ever-changing landscape as it moves into the future.

New Zealand articles and resources

Supporting future-oriented learning and teaching - a New Zealand perspective

This 2012 research report draws together findings from research on current practice and futures-thinking in education. It was commissioned to help develop a vision of what future-oriented education could look like for New Zealand learners.

Shifting to 21st century thinking

by New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)

This website provides ideas and resources to help people make the shift to 21st century ways of thinking about learning. 

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Scenarios for the future of schooling

by OECD

An updated tool to help educators think about how the future of education may differ from what we expect.

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Case studies on the transition from traditional classrooms to innovative learning environments: Emerging strategies for success

by Raechel French, Wesley Imms, Marian Mahat

This study identifies common themes in the successful transition from traditional to innovative learning environments of four schools, two in New Zealand and two in Australia.

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Karmel oration: On with the 21st century

by Neil Selwyn, Monash University

Describes some of the changes that are likely to impact education during the 2020s – that is, in the near future.

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Technology, the new pedagogy and flipped teaching

by Michael Fullan

In this 2014 video, Michael Fullan talks about whether technology can deepen the quality of learning. He agrees that it can but that it depends on the teaching.

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The school of the future: key issues for school leaders

by David Bennett for the National College of School Leadership

This article looks at the challenges that leaders of schools in the future may need to face, together with five sets of leadership qualities to meet them.

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Schools of the future: Professor Stephen Heppell

This series of engaging videos presents the views of Professor Stephen Heppell on the future of learning, schools and what it means to be a 21st century learner.

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