The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing
I call it the”Grandmother Syndrome” – how do you take a complex subject, for example climate change, and explain it to your grandmother?
Don’t “retire” at 65
Read this text+video about a new notion of “retiring” – not as a linear goal, but as a cyclical path of learning-working-retiring and back again.
http://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance-ric-edelman-retirement-change-future-2017-4
Pedagogy takes on a new meaning with this view!
“Multi-stage” Careers
What do we need to be learning, and developing what skills, in order to be able to follow the “multi-stage” career path suggested by this image? What them would or educational goals be?
World Bank warns of ‘learning crisis’ in global education
The forthcoming “World Development Report 2018” calls for greater measurement, action on evidence
Robots will soon do your taxes and bookkeeping
Bookkeeping had a 97.6 percent chance of being automated in the near future. Accounting and auditing did only a little better, at 95.3 percent.
Where would we then stand in terms of creating professionals to face this change? What would they need to do? What (new) skills would they need? How would their educational needs change? The pedagogy challenge is huge, and we need new strategies now …
Welcome to the Pedagogy Blog
Welcome to GDRC’s Pedagogy blog – Learning about Learning.
The blog is an initiative of GDRC’s Learning Lab, and explores the emerging issues and topics in pedagogy and learning.