UNESCO EDUCATION SECTOR

SCHOOL INNOVATION

Techonology as a window of opportunity

Francesc Pedró25 november 2020

What’s wrong here?

Do schools prepare for today’s world? Most demanded skills by companies in the UK, 2016

Problem Solving

Team-working

Communications

Critical Thinking

Creativity

Literacy

Digital Literacy

Leadership

Foreign Language

Emotional Intel.

N/A

51%33%

26%21%

18%15%15%

14%14%

7%2%

Source: The Economist, 2016

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School curricula arechanging worldwide

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Technology is just a window of

opportunity

1. Technological change is not pedagogical innovation Fuente: UNESCO, 2017.

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2. The technology we need has to support pedagogical change

3. Personalization boosts learning

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Yet, it all depends on teachers’

capacities and commitment

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Many thanks

Francesc PedróUNESCO

f.pedro@unesco.org

Learn more: www.unesco.org/education

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