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The Future Will Not Be Taught: How to Reimagine Education and Build A Thriving Learning Community

An open source guide to learning innovation.

Our innovation transforms education by prioritizing co-creation and autonomy, addressing the issue of disengagement in traditional schools. It offers a learner-centered approach where education is personalized and collaborative, significantly enhancing well-being and satisfaction for both learners and learning guides. This fosters a learning community where all learners thrive.

Shortlisted

Overview

HundrED shortlisted this innovation

HundrED has shortlisted this innovation to one of its innovation collections. The information on this page has been checked by HundrED.

Web presence

2017

Established

10K

Children

14

Countries
Target group
Teachers
Updated
July 2024
The Future Will Not Be Taught aims to transform education by fostering learner autonomy and collaboration, enhancing well-being and engagement for learners and guides. By prioritizing personal, purpose-driven learning experiences, we strive for an educational system where all community members thrive, contributing to a broader societal shift towards more meaningful and effective education.

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

The book addresses the global education crisis. It proposes a step-by-step guide from traditional to innovative learning, where learners have autonomy and purpose, and where well-being is paramount. As a comprehensive manual, it provides tools, case studies, and strategies for transforming learning communities, ensuring all members thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment.

What does your innovation look like in practice?

This innovation is a guide to learning innovation that have been tried and tested by Learnlife over the last 7 years. Our work builds upon the successes of learning innovators worldwide. The Future Will Not Be Taught is a playbook for how to implement the Learnlife paradigm, which was recognized by HundrED in 2022. There are many theoretical texts that belabor the crisis in education, but very few that provide a window into how it can be done differently. The Future Will Not Be Taught walks you through the process of starting an innovative learning community or beginning to innovate in your classroom.

Evidence of its effectiveness comes from learner self-reports, which show over a 100% increase in over a dozen metrics related to learning and well-being such as confidence and creativity. Our learners are creative, effective communicators; collaborative changemakers; systems thinkers; resilient and agile; and lifelong learners.

How has it been spreading?

The Learnlife model, as highlighted in The Future Will Not Be Taught, is put into practice in our Barcelona hubs, gaining worldwide attention. We've trained nearly one thousand educators and created network of 30,000 learning innovators. Our most significant success, according to our learners and their families, is that our students thrive--they are happier, healthier, and more engaged than in previous learning environments. All graduates move on to pursue their passions, and feel prepared for what comes next. In the next few years, we aim to inspire 100,000 educators with The Future Will Not Be Taught, helping them tailor it to their contexts. We hope these educators join the Learnlife Alliance to champion the learning revolution.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

The book is the answer to this question. It is a training guide for innovative learning that provides guiding questions, implementation guides, case studies, and best practices. If you want to dive deeper, you can join the Learnlife Alliance and contact Learnlife. We can support you on your transformation journey.

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Implementation steps

Craft a Vision and Form a Team
Define a strong vision for your learning community, and gather a team to co-create and drive the vision.
Design Framework
Establish unique learner profiles and design principles.
Program Design with Well-Being in Mind
Design programs that bolster positive relationships, self-esteem, creative confidence, autonomy and purpose.
Create Spaces
Design tailored spaces and schedules that enable learners to thrive.
Prototype and test the model
Put your program to the test.
Onboard
Provide community members with a sense of belonging, purpose, and shared understanding.

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