In an environment of rapid academic and technological achievement; what are the potential long-term impacts on individual well-being and societal development should social-emotional learning no be effectively incorporated into our educational systems? What can we do to balance and serve broad diverse requirements of young learners? Ryder Delaloye is the Associate Director for SEE Learning® (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning) Program at the Center for Contemplative Science and...

How do you safely define 'peak humanity' and what would you consider its main characteristics? What ingredients make the education, reasoning, rationality, and creativity for an era of fulfilment for humanity; particularly when faced with dramatic and powerful tools such as AI? Dylan Wiliam is one of the best known educationalists in the world. He’s dedicated his entire career to understanding how to ensure learner outcomes are achieved, especially through the study of formative assessment....

How does one become the realisation that much of what might be learned over 15 years of schooling was mostly meaningless influence over a person's life trajectory? How might free and untethered gaps help one find personal growth, resilience, and navigation in their life? Sal Gordon dives into the details of his Peaceful Pirate Principle. After Sal's schooling, he quickly realised that most of what he had learned in over 15 years of formal education seemed meaningless. In a way, Sal felt...

What conditions in our current learning systems may be hindering our young people's ability to thrive, and how might we address these barriers to foster better learning environments? See some of Cathrine’s projects at www.trustforlearning.org and her nature-based learning report published in April 2023, found here. This conversation features a longing to expand into capabilities that make us really human and help us in the new reality of the marketplace, for example, to be problem solvers,...

Are we truly promoting self-control or just compliance to adult demands? How can we engage students in deep, effortless, and meaningful learning experiences? Stephanie M. Jones is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Child Development and Education and Director of the EASEL Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research, anchored in prevention science, focuses on the effects of poverty and exposure to violence on social, emotional, and behavioral development from early childhood...

How might a background in politics, including as Minister of Education, shape an approach to public education? What significant initiatives or reforms from Government might spearhead successful and positive education reform in the public sector? Mr Olli-Pekka Heinonen became the 8th Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization on 1 May 2021. Prior to joining the IB, Mr Heinonen was Director General of the Finnish National Agency for Education where he worked from January...

Have you ever considered how curiosity is a powerful state of mind and being? What feel-good trends are there in modern humanity? Jigyasa says her name means curiosity, and in this conversation, she doesn't shy away from delving into deep explorations of creativity, holism, beautiful futures, and even meeting our dreams. These two deep-thinking changemakers share their insights, free of inhibitions, and encourage listeners to embrace their own curiosity to change the world for the better....

How can a basic understanding of neuroscience empower children to take control of their reactions and behaviors? How can schools cultivate conditions that promote flow in their students and why is this important for optimal learning and fulfillment? This conversation is a goosebump inducer, an optimistic and can-do showcase of the practicality of practices that can promote flow - high-level performance and deep learning. Dido Balla Speaker, Educator, and Entrepreneur, Dido is currently the...

What are the ingredients, components and other big Cs for human flourishing? What tools are available and what are unneeded to achieve our visions? Alex sets out clear and enactable frameworks and approaches to achieve our visions and ultimately create systems in our work and life geared for human flourishing. Alex Battison is Senior Deputy Head at Lord Wandsworth College in Hampshire, UK.  Previous to that, he was on the SLT at Wells Cathedral school in Somerset and taught at Hurstpierpoint...

Why do some students have such few hopes for the future where others do, when both have the same potentials and opportunities? What are some revolutionary, brave, and ingenious developments of technology design in education? Lasse Leponiemi is a co-founder and executive director at HundrED, https://hundred.org/ a mission-driven organisation focusing on identifying, amplifying and implementing education innovations. Lasse has been working with the youth education and career planning since...

What does it mean to empower younger generations? Does it shift power away from others, or does it empower the whole? The concept of sharing and building and renovating our spaces, co-designed intergenerationally, enables more broad outcomes and possibilities. This episode features two guests and contributors to Salzburg Global Seminar, this seasons partner. Elo·ise loves to connect ideas, people and places. In her work with the charity Big Change, a catalyst for long-term changes to how we...

What does it mean to recognise that education is more than an institution, but a state of being? What are some of the shifts of perspective required for positive systemic transformation? People and their systems are in symbiosis, the relationship between personal and systemic transformations is an inseperable one. Romana Shaikh is the Chief Program Officer at Kizazi, a global non-profit that seeks to catalyze innovation in the design of school models to enable all children to thrive. She has...

How do projects of Agency across broad ranges and portfolios across Peru impact upon the lives in the community? Hear from a Peruvian expert in education about how a system has empowered hundreds of students into role models and doers of admirable public and community good. Franco is CEO and co-founder at Enseña Peru. https://ensenaperu.org/ Franco finds, connects and develops leaders to transform education together. His passion is student leadership. He holds a master’s degree in education...

Is there a way to prepare ourselves for complexities that don’t fit standardised approaches or formula? How complicated can pedagogy become before it’s unworkable, and what does it take to increase this threshold? Transcripts available at https://www.thelearningfuture.com This episode features The Learning Future’s Director of Leadership and Culture. Dr Anne Knock is an educator, facilitator, and coach who enables profound shifts in strategy, leadership, culture and pedagogy through her...

Is there a chance that in trying to innovate we risk inflating systems in a way that 'misses the mark'? How can we approach innovative and big ideas in a way that is mission focussed? This conversation also features a careful speculations on the impact of OpenAI's ChatGPT and how learning innovators imagine and prepare for it's potential implications. https://www.gettingsmart.com/ Transcript available at https://www.thelearingfuture.com. In this sixth episode of Education Transformed, Louka...

Is it possible that reframed early learning can empower otherwise disadvantaged young people? Is there an opportunity to re-define schools as community hubs and social squares? Do teachers need to be an expert in mental health in order to improve wellbeing? In this fifth episode of Education Transformed, Louka speaks with Frank Oberklaid, a pioneer and inspiring spark for early education geared directly at the centres for child wellbeing, with demonstrable results. Professor Frank Oberklaid...

Is education a globally recognised construct, is it universal? What are the environments in which the best transformations occur and which regions have unique and interesting approaches? In this Fourth episode of Education Transformed, Louka speaks with Gavin Dykes, a wealth of knowledge about the unique approaches to education globally with https://www.theewf.org/ . Transcript available at: https://www.thelearningfuture.com/the-learning-future-podcast-about Gavin Dykes is Programme Director...

What do the innovative architects of education sound like? How might they imagine channels that defy the “trickle-down” model of success by delivering high-tech and advantageous tools of education and employment directly to all? In this Third episode of Education Transformed, Louka speaks with John Goodwin and Chris Purifoy. LEF’s mission to bring quality skills and equal opportunity to every human on Earth, using open standards and web3 technologies. https://www.learningeconomy.io/ John...

In this second episode of Education Transformed, Louka speaks with Dr Anantha Duraiappah, Director of the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development. A depthful discussion about the whole brain approach to learning and education, including a confident approach to digital pedagogy, where neuroscience technology is applied to learning and teaching as a potentiality enhancer. UNESCO MGIEP in New Delhi, India is UNESCO’s first category 1 institute in the...

Find out which countries are embarking on true education transformation and discover why transformation might be the best way to articulate the changes we need in schools and education systems. Today's episode is with educationalist, convenor, and non-profit leader Dominic Regester. Dominic is Director of Education and Director of the Center for Education Transformation at Salzburg Global Seminar, where he is responsible for designing, developing and implementing programs on the futures of...

Louka Parry introduces a season 7: “Education Transformed” a series of conversations that aren’t afraid to leave behind past preconceptions to allow for real unhindered bold change and innovation in learning and education - both practical examples and plans for the future. Season 7 is partnered with the Salzburg Global Seminar. Transcription upon request - e-mail [email protected]

Louka reflects on the last season the "d.school Spotlight" that featured 10 insightful authors affiliated with the Hasso Platner Institute of Design at Stanford. Please revisit any these season 6 episodes that pique your interest: ‘My Favorite Failure’ with Laura McBain & Ron BeGhetto Spotify - Apple ‘Navigating Ambiguity’ with Kelly SchmutteSpotify - Apple ‘The Secret Language of Maps’ with Carissa CarterSpotify - Apple ‘Drawing on Courage’ with Ashish GoelSpotify - Apple ‘Design for...

In this tenth and final episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Sam Seidel hustles up valuable guiding principles for building a network - people - practice template for creation. A clear recipe, with enlightening examples, of people who have been successful with via more ‘alternate’ means, with side hustles becoming front and centre! Sam is an author of the illustrated dschool guide Creative Hustle. What is a side hustle and why are they becoming so common? How might we extract the most...

In this ninth episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Charlotte Burgess-Auburn conjures radical innovative thinking, a fundamentally novel and useful way of looking at design via flexible prototyping! She is author of the illustrated dschool guide You Need a Manifesto. Ever struggle with a decision? Perhaps lacked a sense of purpose or drive? Every been challenged by a dilemma? Charlotte Burgess-Auburn makes the case for personal and professional Manifestos - a foundation on which to...