Monday, October 17, 2022

Powering a learning society during an age of disruption - book link and brief overview

 This is a timely open access book, edited by Sungsup Ra, Shanti Jaganathan and Rupert  Maclean and jointly published by the Asia Development Bank and Springer in 2021. 

The book has 6 sections, including a introductory section with two chapters providing the rationale and defining the various conceptual models informing the other chapters in the book.

The other five sections include:

- Learnability and the learning crisis - with chapters on addressing the learning crisis with regards to basic skills; a reconsideration of student assessment to improve learning, the effects of the pandemic on schooling, and what works with regards to improving teacher quality and effectiveness.

- future proofing postbasic education - has perspectives from the university sector, European Union's intensification of skills development, quality assurance of online learning from Indonesia, and the certification of TVET.

- Communities as learning platforms - with chapters outlining examples and applications from mainly Asian perspectives including India and Singapore.

- Learning societies and Industry 4.0 - of relevance to VET with chapters on new directions for apprenticeship, promotion of workforce planning, workbased training in the EU, and work and learning balance, post COVID in Korea.

- Technology solutions to build a learning society - focuses on  learning platforms and digital learning with chapters on Coursera's global partnership to support workforce recovery, role of the private sector for future-ready education and training, and data and digital technologies that can transform education systems.

All in, a range of  short chapters to dip in and out of for background, perspectives and frameworks. The entire book can be downloaded, or individual chapters accessed as relevant/required. 


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