#GELPedu Panel "What is learning for?" - An indigenous perspective
This session focused on ways of knowing and what is worth knowing informed by indigenous/First Nation perspectives, the growing diversity of our populations and the needs of society and economy. To begin the session Valerie Hannon (Co-Chair GELP) set out the foundation for the discussion looking at "What is learning for?". The old narrative about 'economic competitiveness' and 'fulfilling personal potential' seem increasingly inadequate. Globalisation, climate change, demography, resource depletion, conflicts and problems of personal meaning present challenges - it is these things we must address. We lack an organising framework for rethinking curriculum design and this is meaning we are struggling to make the necessary changes. Four Dimensional Education by Charles Fadel, Maya Bialik and Bernie Trilling address the foundational reason for why we find it so difficult to rebuild curricula around the needs of the modern world. In response Four-dimensional educ...