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From the Varkey Foundation, Old-School: The Skills That Made Us And How They’re Changing is the podcast that talks to people who are reinventing the skills that power our global society. From farming to fixing cars, hear how hard skills are changing as they’re passed from one generation to the next – and how the modern world is reshaping the traditional skills and knowledge that once defined whole communities. Hosted by Nicholas Piachaud, Head of Advocacy at the Varkey Foundation.
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Creativity is a top skill demanded by today’s employers, but how do we teach it – particularly in areas where schools are poorly resourced? In this episode of Old-School, Global Teacher Prize Ambassador Jane Chipaka from Malawi talks about her creative-writing programmes which have encouraged children and young people from communities with low literacy rates to put their hopes and dreams to paper.
When local communities rally around education, incredible things can happen. In this episode of Old-School, we speak to EduSpots Founder Cat Davison about how different communities in Ghana are coming together to improve teaching and learning across the country.
What can a great inventor teach us about the process of learning? In this episode of Old-School, hear from Automatic Systems teacher Leonardo Durante about how he and his students are using tech to create new solutions to age-old social issues, from safer motorcycle helmets to trash-collecting robots. Join us to hear about Leonardo’s favourite inventions, what students can learn by working with their hands, and the impact of AI-powered bots like ChatGPT in the classroom.
How can young people use skills like creativity, teamwork and leadership to serve communities based in some of the world's most isolated areas? In this episode of Old-School, we talk to Felix Aupalu from Nunavik in Northern Canada about his work to improve the lives of peoples living in the Artic.
The car is one of the most fundamental symbols of our modern life, but it’s also one that is changing fast. In this episode of Old-School, we talk to Jamaican teacher Tracy-Ann Hall about what it takes to teach people to fix cars, the joy of mending things with your hands, and how a new generation of technology is changing the way things are done in the garage.
Kayaking is an international sporting phenomenon, but where does it come from and what’s its place in the culture of the people who created it? In this episode of Old-School, we talk to Global Teacher Prize Winner Maggie MacDonnell about her work with Indigenous Communities in the Artic and how they are reclaiming traditional skills like kayaking. Recorded live at the 2023 Learning Planet Festival.
For poor urban communities, access to affordable and nutritious food can be a daily struggle. In this episode of Old-School, hear from award-winning educator Stephen Ritz about his urban farming initiative in the South Bronx in New York City, where he and his students have grown more than 165,000 pounds of vegetables to feed their community.
EdTech presents new challenges and opportunities for policy makers. However, EdTech innovators and politicians have not often succeeded in establishing a successful dialogue to aid the adoption of EdTech in schools.
Three prominent education influencers and policy experts talk to Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor of The Financial Times, about how politicians need to gain improved and evidence-based understanding of EdTech to move to informed EdTech policy-making and how the EdTech entrepreneurs can help.
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The education outlook in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa is absolutely critical to global efforts to deliver access to universal quality education by 2030.
Join this Public Briefing where the panel of experts and elite policy-makers as they reflect on the latest research about the state of education across the region and debate possible solutions to key issues of access, quality and equity.
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Mark Lehain, Raj Kumar, Nuno Crato, Ms Saadia Zahidi and Dr Halima Begum debate the extent to which trends, technology and innovation will transform what skills we need for the 21st Century classroom and workplace.
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Professor Lutfey Siddiqi hosts Indian actress, singer, film producer, philanthropist and activist Priyanka Chopra for a discussion on her life, work, and the changing social dynamics that will bring us forward in the next decade.
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In the US alone, over $410 billion as spent on philanthropy last year. With hundreds of billions being given away globally every year, we bring together leading thinkers and foundation leaders to share their insights on a fundamental question: does it make a difference? Public Briefings deliver the latest news, analysis and thinking on the key issues that are changing the education and skills sectors.
In this series of one-hour discussions, delegates will hear from expert contributors on who is changing the world, and what changemaking looks like across the different strands of GESF 2019.
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Vikas Pota hosts two of the UK's most prominent politicians of recent years - former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, in this GESF session.
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Higher Education is by no means immune to the digital revolution, nor to the pressures and needs of a fast-changing education landscape. A number of institutions have looked at embracing technology, whereas others are slower to engage.
This is in contrast to some new emerging universities that embrace technology and new education models and pedagogies to the full.
We hear from five universities how they reinvent, transform or emerge as new education players in a digital age, in an interview-style panel.
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We spend roughly a third of our lives sound asleep, and for good reason. Sleep is central to nearly every brain and bodily function we can identify, including our ability to learn.
In practice, however, school-aged children and adolescents routinely experience insufficient sleep. In order to prepare the next generation of students to succeed, we must first appreciate the power of sleep to aid daytime function.
In this Research Briefing you will hear the latest research into why sleep is critical for learning.
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With tens of thousands of teachers leaving the profession each year, we lose huge value and experience from our classrooms. Pay is only a small part of the picture.
What do we need to do to keep great teachers in classrooms over the long run?
Listen in to an honest conversation about the reasons teachers leave, and what we can do to make them stay. Session led by Institute of Education, University College London.
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1Join Oscar winning actress and activist Charlize Theron for a conversation at the Global Education & Skills Forum. As well as starring in some of the biggest films of recent years, Charlize Theron is passionate about the causes of the fight against HIV/AIDS and is a UN Messenger of Peace. In conversation with Varkey Foundation CEO Vikas Pota.
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Increasingly foundations, NGOs and non-profit organisations turn to EdTech to bring education to resource-poor contexts, refugee camps and conflict zones or learners that lack opportunity and live in poverty. Driven by improving the plight of people and the aspiration to bring education to every child, youngster or improve literacy in adult learners, these charities and foundations increasingly resort to EdTech. In a thought-provoking interview panel, we hear how EdTech is embraced for good.
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Since taking office in April 2018, President Julius Maada Bio has committed his administration to move Sierra Leone beyond peacebuilding to establishing firm democratic institutions.
The centrepiece of President Bio’s strategy has been the launch of an ambitious free quality education programme that provides access to basic through secondary education. In this key session at GESF 2019, hear President Bio talk about his vision for Sierra Leone’s future, and the work he believes still needs to be done to deliver it.
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In this GESF Coffee House session, Lewis Hamilton opens up about creating new opportunities for young people globally, his experience with dyslexia in education and how a small amount of risk can be the perfect encouragement for a child to thrive in their life ahead.
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