Engagement in Victorian “Global Schools: Ready for life, ready for work”. It was a great honour to speak with so many hard-working school leaders about the importance of internationalising our education system. The future is global and we need to do all that we can to prepare our young learners for this reality. Embedding a global outlook in all our students will increase their learning outcomes and chances of getting a job and build social cohesion in one of the most multicultural societies on earth. There are three megatrends that commentators and organisations like the generally agree will have implications for school-aged education: rapid technological change, the changing nature of work, and increasing globalisation. Schools play a pivotal role in helping our young people adapt to these changes, and preparing our students for a future that we cannot yet predict nor comprehend. While we can’t know what the jobs of the future will be, we do know that those jobs will be more global than ever before. Fortunately, Education State has recognised this by embedding global learning into Victoria’s education framework. Whether it is through developing global citizenship, a key dimension of , or building languages and intercultural capabilities, both compulsory elements of the , global learning is central to the aspirations of Education State to "equip all students with the personal and practical skills to live the lives they want to live, and get the jobs they need". One of our roles as educators is to help our students to see themselves as confident, capable, global citizens. I look forward to continuing to work with you all to internationalise the Victorian education system and provide every Victorian student with the skills they will need to succeed in a future that is more interconnected than ever before.
“Global Engagement in Victorian Schools: Ready for life, ready for work”. It was a great honour to speak with so many hard-working school leaders about the importance of internationalising our education system. The future is global and we need to do all that we can to prepare our young learners for this reality. Embedding a global outlook in all our students will increase their learning outcomes and chances of getting a job and build social cohesion in one of the most multicultural societies on earth. There are three megatrends that commentators and organisations like the generally agree will have implications for school-aged education: rapid technological change, the changing nature of work, and increasing globalisation. Schools play a pivotal role in helping our young people adapt to these changes, and preparing our students for a future that we cannot yet predict nor comprehend. While we can’t know what the jobs of the future will be, we do know that those jobs will be more global than ever before. Fortunately, Education State has recognised this by embedding global learning into Victoria’s education framework. Whether it is through developing global citizenship, a key dimension of , or building languages and intercultural capabilities, both compulsory elements of the , global learning is central to the aspirations of Education State to "equip all students with the personal and practical skills to live the lives they want to live, and get the jobs they need". One of our roles as educators is to help our students to see themselves as confident, capable, global citizens. I look forward to continuing to work with you all to internationalise the Victorian education system and provide every Victorian student with the skills they will need to succeed in a future that is more interconnected than ever before.
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