ONLINE COURSE

Education is the answer

Education shapes the world we live in by developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values and preparing people to become and remain competent workers and active citizens. This course is a short introduction to education policies.

First-hand knowledge from leading education experts

Education shapes the world we live in. Education has seen massive expansion over the years, with unprecedented growth in participation and attainment levels.

To design effective education policies and take action, we need a clear perspective. We must listen to education experts to develop a more accurate understanding of the key issues, take a stand and make informed decisions.

Lecturers

Our short introduction to this course includes original talks with the following authors:

Anna Vignoles

Professor of Education, Leverhulme Trust

Peter Mandler

Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge

Caitlin Zaloom

Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University

Michael Roth

President and Professor in History and Humanities, Wesleyan University

Roger Hart

Professor of Environmental Psychology, City University of New York

Mike Sharples

Emeritus Professor, Educational Technology,

Course coordinator

Pierre-Antoine Ullmo

Pierre-Antoine Ullmo is EXPeditions' Founder. He designed this course based on contributions by leading education thinkers and researchers. He conducts the interviews, sets the learning objectives and idetifies the main takeaways

Pierre-Antoine Ullmo is expert in designing educational project, adviser to large international organisations and an early innovator in educational technology

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Share the thoughts of education experts and their aspirational views for the future of education.
Focus on inequalities, specifically how schools prevent and perpetuate social inequalities in our society.
Reflect on some of the educational trends impacting on both compulsory and higher education today
Think about education policies and how they should be changed.
Question the teacher’s role and how it is shifting from providing educational content to orchestrating students’ learning and nurturing their confidence.
Explore how technology is defining and redefining the way we learn, and uncover the opportunities technology presents for tackling inequality in education.

The course includes

4 sections
12 lectures

Course duration

1 hour 30 minutes

Price

0 €

(Online price)

Course curriculum

Chapter	Description	Lectures	Completion time
1. Why should we invest in education and how do we measure the return?	The benefits of investing in education from a society perspective are greater than the pure returns an individual gets.	1	10 minutes
2. Democracy and the desire for more education	Greater social equality and civil rights lead to a greater demand for education, as individuals seek to leverage their improved standing in society.	1	10 minutes
3. The economics of education and the reform of our education systems	There should be enough autonomy at the school and at the teacher level while monitoring school systems and setting common standards.	1	10 minutes
4. Why do education inequalities matter and how can they be reduced?	There are two types of education inequality: the first is the difference in achievement levels that you see in the system. The second is inequality between children within schools.	1	10 minutes
5. Renewing democracy by restoring free tuition	The cost of a college education has spiralled since the 1990s, forcing middle-class families and their children to take on crushing amounts of debt.	1	10 minutes
6. What is a good education	Inequality operates throughout an individual’s life, not just during their education. Equal education can help address inequality, but it cannot solve it.	1	10 minutes
7. Dismantling the myth of educating for future jobs	Since future challenges are difficult to predict, education should aim to assist children in becoming happy, confident, flexible and trainable.Instead of focusing on our own freedom to disagree, we should want others to have the freedom to disagree with us.	1	10 minutes
8. Freedom of speech and freedom to disagree in school and beyond	Having others disagree with us is fundamental to learning when we are wrong.	1	10 minutes
9. Why we need environmental education	We need a radical transformation of environmental education in schools to match the passion children are increasingly feeling for the subject.	1	10 minutes
10. New ways to learn and teach	A teacher’s role is shifting from providing educational content to orchestrating students’ learning and nurturing their confidence.	1	10 minutes
11. How technological advances can improve education	New pedagogies are aimed at helping educators further support students to achieve their educational goals.	1	10 minutes
Practical virtue: from classroom to life	A current question in the humanities and social sciences is how to apply classroom learning to people’s lives.	1	10 minutes

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