5.2 Literacy was highlighted by one writer as ‘more
Learning for life important than anything else for giving people
opportunities, promoting social cohesion and the
The vision of school leaders was to play a creation of a dynamic and confident generation
significant role in preparing young people for which is in control of its own future’.
change and whatever society as a whole, and their
own communities more directly, may demand of Suppliers pointed to the need for provision that
them. They thought schools should do this motivates and stretches the whole ability range,
through: with new opportunities persuasively presented to
• valuing their pupils as individuals secure understanding and support.
• establishing a sense of boundaries and respect
for others
• fostering pupils’ ability to adapt and be resilient
• stimulating enthusiasm for, and skills of, enquiry, 5.3
critical thinking and problem solving, and Leadership and professional development
developing more sophisticated skills of
communication There was a consensus that higher levels of
• encouraging pupils to both collaborate and work professional development will be fundamental. In
independently general, adult competence on ICT, for example, still
• giving pupils a ‘greater responsibility for their falls below the capability of young people.
own learning and...a greater say in the way their
learning proceeds’
• helping them to identify and use powerful and ‘Teachers would become ‘learning
relevant sources of learning. advisers’ and ‘facilitators’ to this end
(i.e. achieving a learner-focused
Suppliers and educational bodies endorsed these curriculum). This is one of the few
proposals: ways that there will become a
‘We cannot determine what 2025 will be like BUT workforce that is flexible in mind and
we can equip children and young people with the spirit (and therefore body); give the
right thinking skills to become both team players learner the responsibility for their
and problem solvers. We must also raise them to learning, a mind-set which is of
be emotionally stable and self-reliant and not state- benefit to that individual as he/she
dependent.’ Educational supplier moves through life.’ Educational supplier
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