HH Sheikha Moza: The Most Relevant Theme of All is Missing From this WISE Summit! The Program Theme Should be: What is Education for Life and Can We Create a Subject That Teaches Education for Life?

    RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ, October 27, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The whole program theme starts on the wrong foot, there is nothing new or innovative in this very first sentence. "Learning is fundamental to life. It is key to each individual's ability to connect with others and to participate fully in professional, cultural and civic life. Learning is also about the ability to think independently, to adapt to change and to live meaningfully and well."

"Indeed, there is a widening gap between the learning we have and the learning we need to meet the challenges and aspirations of societies and individuals around the world." This statement is wrong! Progress is being made, the gap is narrowing! In fact your own Wise Summit speakers, are themselves responsible for narrowing some of the gap.

"Too often, though, learners lack access to quality, relevant learning whether they are in the developed or developing world." This is a generic sentence used over and over again in most education conferences. This sentence is a half lie. It assumes that relevant learning is already there but that there is lack of access. Yes indeed there is lack of access for the relevant 'mind learning' but actual relevant, 'brain learning' is mostly missing and simply not available, even if there was access. A better sentence could be, "An opportunity to put our minds together to figure out concrete learning programs that are now missing and are relevant to completing education for life."

All the following topics have mostly been discussed to death; even though these topics are essential they are secondary to the theme of the conference - Education for Life!

"Literacy and numeracy - How can we guarantee the attainment of minimum standards by all learners?

- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) - Do all learners need high-level STEM skills and, if so, how can we teach them most effectively

- 21st-Century Citizenship - Are there universal values for global citizenship and if so, how do we impart these to learners?

- Teachers - Can we have education without teachers?

- Data for education - What are the big questions we want big data to answer and for what purposes?

- Risk, success and failures - Are entrepreneurial approaches to risk-taking relevant for educators?

- MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) - Will MOOCs improve quality and access for all learners, or are they just the most recent fashion of the day?

- Frugal innovation - Can we do more with less?

- Technology - Is technology liberating learning?

The only relevant topic of all is missing from this Wise Summit!
WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR LIFE AND CAN WE CREATE A SUBJECT THAT TEACHES EDUCATION FOR LIFE.

Your Wise Summit will sadly be taking up mostly a secondary agenda. It will also be wasting time on answers we already have and the main innovative solutions will hardly be discussed, let alone a concrete step by step plan of action will evolve.

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