Around the World in 30 Days – January 2015
C. M. Rubin’s global education report from India, England, Finland and Europe In January, I talked with world leaders from India, England, Finland and Europe about their goals to improve education. Each had a distinct project and clear opinions about what was the most important facet of education to focus on: from how to make education accessible to everyone, to how to make students into stronger candidates for jobs in the...
The Global Search for Education: Education and Economy
“When jobs are changing rapidly, accumulating knowledge matters less, and success becomes increasingly about ways of thinking – creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving and judgment; about ways of working – collaboration and teamwork; about tools for working, including the capacity to recognize and exploit the potential of new technologies; and about the social and emotional skills that help us live and work...
Thinking Big! How to Prepare for Top Jobs in a Global Marketplace
By Ann Puntis and Melanie Hilton Today’s college graduates are looking at the big picture — towards the world of multinational corporations and the lucrative jobs they can offer. According to CNN Money’s 2013 survey of the “World’s Top Employers For New Grads,” firms like Google, Ernst and Young, Goldman Sachs and PWC top students’ rankings. But what does it take to make it in the world of multinational corporations? For one thing,...
The Global Search for Education: How to Lead Well
“The existing model of collaboration between the public and private sectors limits innovation in sectors that are substantially publicly funded.” – Esko Aho How do highly effective leaders lift their organizations to extraordinary levels of achievement? How do you they lead their people well and subsequently bring about change on a global scale? Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle and Alma Harris conducted an extensive...
The Global Search for Education: Education and Jobs
“The Future of Employment study makes clear that what matters most today is what you can do with what you know, rather than how much you know.”- Dr. Tony Wagner What does today’s technology mean for tomorrow’s jobs and how can we better structure our education system to ensure that the future working population can prosper in the labor market? A large range of 20th century jobs are endangered by the machine...
The Global Search for Education: The Future of Jobs?
Guangzhou, China education mega center Recession. Economic Crisis. Increasing World Competition. For Finland (The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Finland), the successful way forward in this situation was through education reform. The impact of education on individual and national prosperity has long been debated by politicians, policy advisors, business consultants and academics. However, Professor Hugh Lauder...
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