Vowel Sound/Spellings and World Economic Forum 2014
Education and Skills 2.0: New Targets and Innovative Approaches
Committed to improving the state of the world…
After all, education is both a compelling indicator and powerful instrument of human progress, which is why it occupies such a prominent place in the UN 2015 Millennium Development Goals and all countries’ development plans.
[WA says, “Shift the paradigm so ABCs don’t get top billing!!”]
Contents and Favorite Quotes
V01/a/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
V01/a/ “An alarming number lack basic reading and writing skills.”
V01/a/ “value-added”
V02/-/ “57 million out-of-school children of primary age (globally)”
V02/-/ “69 million young adolescents out of school”
V02/i/ “impart the skills and capacities people need to be productive members of the workforce and their communities”
V02/i/ “inclusive, responsive and of quality”
V02/i/ “inculcate the desire and ability to learn throughout life”
V02/i/ “innovative, plausible, scalable, compelling, high-impact”
V02/i/ INTRODUCTION
V02/i/ Investing in Girls (and Women) to Spur Economic Development
V02/i/ “digital age and much more interactivity”
V02/i/ William Butler Yates – Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire!
V02/i_e/ “give people access to broad swath of knowledge and ideas”
V03/o/ Online Education: From Novelty to Necessity
V03/o/ “constant reskilling, upskilling of adults”
V03/o/ “Jobs are not being filled because jobseekers lack the requisite skills.”
V03/o/ “stronger links”
V04/u/ MUCH NEEDED AND STILL USEFUL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
V04/a/ “achieving universal primary education”
V04/a/ Amina J. Mohammed, UN Special Advisor
V04/a/ STATISTICAL APPENDIX
V04/ou/ “Countries need to learn quickly what works and how they can benefit from the best of modern ideas, methods and technology.”
V05/e/ “Education is central to most global issues – from economic growth and social welfare to global information technology and entrepreneurship”
V05/e/ “Education is a fundamental human right.”
V05/e/ “educated individuals – and especially those who pursue lifelong education – can adapt more quickly and are better equipped to take advantage of new opportunities”
V05/e/ “education-skills nexus”
V05/e/ Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?
V05/e/ “eliminating gender gaps at all levels of education”
V05/e/ “enhance critical and creative thinking”
V05/e/ “enrolment” (vs. enrollment?)
V05/e/ Better Late Than Never
V05/e/ “generate and promote the assimilation of new knowledge to spur economic, social and political, advancement”
V05/e/ Getting Past the Basics: Pursuing Secondary Education
V05/e/ Membership of Global Agenda Council on Education and Skills: 2012-13/2013-14
V05/e/ “neglected demographic groups such as preschool children”
V05/e/ NEVER TOO EARLY TO START
V05/e/ PREFACE
V05/e/ “relevant learning”
V05/e/ “well-articulated”
V05/ea/ MEASURING AND MANAGING OUR ASSETS
V06/a/ “basic knowledge, skills and competencies”
V06/a/ Scaling Up to Meet the Enormous Education Challenges in Africa
V06/ay/ Pay It Forward
V07/-/ “500 million of today’s school-age girls will leave education before they finish their schooling”
V07/i/ BIOGRAPHIES OF CO-EDITORS AND AUTHORS
V07/eye/ “E.Y.E.” to the Future: Enhancing Youth Employment, An
V08/o_e/ FOREWORDS
V08/o/ Older and Wiser: Tapping the Full Potential of the Mature Workforce
V08/o/ “profound structural transformation will be required at all levels and domains”
V08/o/ “promote acceptance and tolerance of difference and diversity”
V08/o/ “promote social equity and cohesion and the legitimacy that comes from equal opportunity”
V08/o/ “promote the study and development of culture and values, including arts and the humanities”
V09/oo/ “smooth transition from school to the world of work”
V09/ew/ “new development agenda”
V09/ew/ “new order of education”
V09/ue/ “true collaboration”
C39+V09/u/ UN MDG = United Nations Millennium Development Goals
C39+V09/u/ “unique opportunity for a paradigm shift in international development – one that can address the eradication of poverty within the context of sustainable development, enabled by the integration of economic growth, social justice and environmental stewardship”
C39+V09/u/ Human Capital Index, The
C39+V09/u/ “humility when weighing in on issues that have been problematic for a very long time”
V10/e/ ECD = Early Childhood Development = one of the most cost-effective investments in human capital creation
V10/e/ “Between 10% and 20% of graduate students in developing countries are employable by international standards.” 80-90% unemployable…
V10/e/ “beyond dispute”
V10/e/ “develop media literacy and the capacity to effectively evaluate large amounts of often-conflicting information – a reflection of evolving needs in the 21st century”
V10/e/ Reinvigorating Japan’s Economy With More Women and Older Workers
V10/ie/ “field of education is full of seemingly good ideas that have come to naught, in part because of various harsh, unforgiving and unanticipated realities (including entrenched interests and conflicting agendas)”
V11/a/ CALLING ALL MINDS
V11/a/ “quality basic education, including during the most formative years of life, is a prerequisite”
V11/a/ Martina Gmur, Senior Director
V11/au/ Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman
V12/u/ “full potential”
V13/ow/ “how to think”
(V14)
V15/ir/ “first and second 1,000 days of life”
V15/ur/ “urgent action to improve access to and quality of learning”
V15/ur/ “pursue multiple jobs over longer working lives”
V15/ur/ “surplus of up to 95 million low-skilled workers”
V15/er/ “tertiary education” (Wikipedia: post-secondary; universities as well as institutions that teach specific capacities of higher learning such as colleges, technical training institutes, community colleges, nursing schools, research laboratories, centers of excellence, and distance learning centers)
V15/ear/ Early Bird Catches the Worm, The
V15/ear/ LEARNING ANYTHING, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
V15/ear/ “Learning can, and needs to, occur outside formal school systems, which may be done through lifelong education, vocational programmes, on-the-job training and online education.”
