Insights
Delivering a future of work
There is no doubt there will be jobs in the future. But they will be different from our jobs today.
Someone still needs to design, service and repair those robots and drones that bring our pizzas.
Education
Interest.co.nz
Free tertiary education: Some personal reflections
Of course, Labour is right that in a fast-changing labour market, qualifications are important and that education policy should enable New Zealanders to participate in the ‘future of work’. With its proposal to make three years of tertiary education free for all, I just don’t think Labour will get us anywhere nearer that goal.
Insights
De-mathematising New Zealand
Changing teaching methods in maths have failed to improve our primary students’ maths performance. But it is not just basic, elementary mathematics that we should be concerned about.
Insights
Making mathematics count
If we want students to become good at maths, we first need to teach them the basics. Creativity will follow automatically, especially with good teachers.
Insights
Language competence is a benefit
For countries whose official language is English, there may not be the immediate business imperative to learn other languages since world trade is dominated by English. Despite this, other English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia are realising the benefits of language instruction and promoting second languages at school.
National Business Review
The wrong kind of education
Today’s graduates are brought up and educated to believe that their imagined intellectual brilliance and personal exceptionality will make up for everything else they are lacking.