Global Youth Skills: Pathways for Future-Ready Learners

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In the summer of 2018, Institute for the Future, with support from the MiSK Foundation, interviewed 60 members of this generation, aged 16 to 30, in six cities around the world: Austin, Berlin, Chongqing, Jeddah, Lagos, and Mexico City.
Explore what were the results and what are the skills for young people to thrive in the 21st century. You can read the entire report in the materials below. Watch the video - it builds on the idea of learning playlist allowing flexible learning pathways to the future.
Discuss with your peers and mark which skills would you choose to improve first? Mark this with the post-it note on the wall by adding your names.
Reflect which skills identified in the report were surprising for you? Do you provide educational programmes linked to some of these skills?

Resources

GLOBAL YOUTH SKILLS: Work+Learn Paths for Future-Ready Learners. Research Report.

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This badge is issued for the exploration of the research and number of skills identified in the report "GLOBAL YOUTH SKILLS: Work+Learn Paths for Future-Ready Learners". Earner of the badge took time to reflect and identify what are the skills one would like to work on and what are the skills that person is developing through various projects or programmes.
This activity was a “Tool to Explore” workshop taking place on the 6th - 7th November 2019 in Rovaniemi, Finland as part of the 14th Tool Fair.

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Task no.1

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Discuss with your peers and mark which skills would you choose to improve first? Write them here or make a photo of the post-it notes you added.

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Time to complete: 20 minutes

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Playlist. DISCOVER THE FUTURE AND CITIES OF LEARNING

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