Quality Education

Are We Ready?
The 32nd ACT +1 Convention
18th to 20th September 2016
Seoul, Republic of Korea

HONESTA “Nonie” R. BARTOLOME

“The function of education is to teach one
think intensively and to think critically. But
education which stops with efficiency may
prove to the greatest menace to society. The
most dangerous criminal may be the man
gifted with reason, with no moral….. We
must remember that intelligence is not
enough. Intelligence plus character that is
the goal of true education.”

Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1947)

“The future is already here,…
it‘s just not evenly distributed.”

William Gibson, Futurist | Cyber-Visionary

 Global Connectivity

Our infrastructural matrix today includes an estimate of 64

million kilometers of highways,

2 million kilometers of pipelines, 1.2 million kilometers of

railways

And 750,000 kilometers of underwater internet cables that

connects many key population and economic centers.
1 out of 4 workers today
is working for a company they have been
employed by for less that one year
or jobs that have yet to be created.
 more than 1 out of 2
are working for a company they have
worked for less than five years
 …the top 10 in-demand jobs
Did not exist in 2004
1. App Developer 6. Social Media Manager
2. Data Miner 7. Chief Listening Officer
3. Educational Admission 8. Cloud Computing
Consultant Manager
4. Role Play Companion 9. Sustainability Expert
5. Millennial Generational 10. Elder Care
Expert
We are currently
preparing students
for jobs that
don’t yet exists…
using technologies
that haven’t
been invented…
in order to
solve problems
we don’t even know
are problems yet
For students starting a four-year
technical or college degree
this means that…
half of what they learn in their first
year of study will be outdated
by their third year of study.
 Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer
will be built that exceeds the computation

capability of the human brain

It came true in 2016…

Google-developed
artificial
intelligence (AI),
AlphaGo, program
beat the world’s
top Korean
Grandmaster, Lee
Se Dol, in Weiqi
(Go), that no
human though “People called Weiqi the last
was possible paradise of human
wisdom”
before.
predictions are that by 2049 a $1,000 computer
will exceed the computational capabilities
of the entire human species
 Top 10 Skills in 2020
• Complex Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity
• People Management
• Coordinating with Others
• Emotional Intelligence
• Decision Making
• Service Orientation
• Negotiation
• Cognitive Flexibility
Reconsider
Our Assumptions
However, in today’s World………….

What is truly important

for our students today?
a. IRRELEVANT b. MOMENTARY c. RELEVANT
Business as usual: Complete for the Moment: Complete for the Future:

Zero Listening or observation Following trends and Engaged and inspired by

reacting to behavior people; adaptive and
proactive to shape
meaningful experience

What are Our Students Core Values?

In general, human beings
are naturally inclined to
crave stability. We assume
that tomorrow will be
roughly similar today.

If we ignore changes in the

external environment, or we
fail to respond quickly enough,
or we stubbornly stick to
yesterday’s plan, we will fail.
That is an acknowledged fact
Our students to have the ability to
identify and frame the most
important questions yet deal with
the matter creatively, to draw on
ideas from different
knowledge…… to collaborate
well and communicate effectively
one’s ideas and synergize with
teams in handling the complexity
of real world living.
Quality Education
Are We Ready?
The 32nd ACT +1 Convention
18th to 20th September 2016
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Singapore Teachers’ Union