SATURDAY+Plenary+Session+1

This opening debate will set the agenda for the two days of discussions. What is required from: the education system; teachers; students; the curriculum; assessment; parents; the community; the corporate world? How do we prepare students for citizenship? How should we integrate the teaching of new skills such as problem-solving and collaboration with more traditional skills? Who should decide what we teach and what is the right level of decentralised vs. centralised decision-making?
 * 09:00 - 10:15 || **PLENARY SESSION 1 - GLOBAL TV DEBATE ON STAGE**: ||
 * || = WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN EDUCATED ADULT IN TODAY’S KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY? =

· Opening remarks: **//Tony Wagner//**//, Co-Director, Change Leadership Group,// //Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA (moderator)//

//Proposed speaker panel:// || · **//Charles Leadbeater//**//, author of Learning from the Extremes, visiting fellow Oxford University Business School, fellow National Endowment Science Technology and the Arts// · **//Dr Carol KK Chan//**//, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong// · **//Christine Gilbert//**//, Head, Ofsted (Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills), UK// <span style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: -1576.0pt -1540.6pt -1505.15pt -1469.7pt -1434.3pt -1398.85pt -1363.4pt -1328.0pt -1292.55pt -1257.1pt -1221.7pt -1186.25pt -1150.8pt -1115.4pt -1079.95pt -1044.5pt -1009.1pt 35.45pt 70.85pt 106.3pt 141.75pt 177.15pt 212.6pt 248.05pt 283.45pt 318.9pt 354.35pt 389.75pt 425.2pt 460.65pt 496.05pt 531.5pt 566.95pt 602.35pt 637.8pt 673.25pt 708.65pt 744.1pt 779.55pt 814.95pt 850.4pt 885.85pt 921.25pt 956.7pt 992.15pt 1027.55pt 1063.0pt 1098.45pt 1133.85pt 1169.3pt 1204.7pt 1240.15pt 1275.6pt 1311.0pt 1346.45pt 1381.9pt 1417.3pt 1452.75pt 1488.2pt 1523.6pt 1559.05pt 22.0in;"> · **//David Hogan,//** //Principal Research Scientist, National Institute of Education, Singapore// ||
 * || · **//Tony Wagner//**//, Co-Director, Change Leadership Group,// //Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA (moderator)//

TONY WAGNER'S COMMENTS

CHARLES LEADBEATER'S COMMENTS

CAROL CHAN'S COMMENTS

CHRISTINE GILBERT'S COMMENTS

DAVID HOGAN'S COMMENTS