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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.41,0:00:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the relevance of education...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.32,0:00:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course education is relevant,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.64,0:00:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have to learn things in order to survive in society and in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.25,0:00:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in particular, if we’re looking at the workplace,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.58,0:00:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kind of things we can, we need to do in the workplace,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.79,0:00:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education is relevant because we have to learn the skills
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.56,0:00:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need both in the workplace and in society at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.10,0:00:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.97,0:00:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to know what kind of skills we need to use in the workplace,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.47,0:00:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just what things we know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.37,0:00:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how we use those things we know when we do a job of any kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.61,0:00:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as more and more jobs become knowledge-based,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.95,0:00:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to use information and communications technology in our jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.69,0:00:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we need to know not just the skills in using technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.56,0:00:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the skills in how to apply that technology to solve problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.53,0:01:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to make products better, how to communicate better with our clients,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.65,0:01:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to relate better with other people using the technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.18,0:01:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So technology is integrated with all these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.54,0:01:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to use technology in order to develop the skills we need,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.82,0:01:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the skills we need require us to use the technology, so the two are interrelated.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.41,0:01:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important thing we have to do is to change the assessment system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.46,0:01:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The assessment system is focused on knowing things,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.06,0:01:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing facts, and facts are important
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.10,0:01:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have to be integrated within a wider base of knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.46,0:01:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we have to move towards is testing skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.21,0:01:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assessing skills, and particularly intellectual skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.89,0:01:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we find information, apply it and use it to solve problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.85,0:01:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So is not about knowing, is about doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.06,0:02:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but doing with knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.37,0:02:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that’s where education comes in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.45,0:02:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you have to have knowledge, you have to know about things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.43,0:02:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to know facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.20,0:02:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they have to be, the facts are a means to an end,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.45,0:02:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the end in themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.96,0:02:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unfortunately, our exams at the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.47,0:02:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are focused on facts and things and not on knowing and understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.24,0:02:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the best example of that is science,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.05,0:02:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can know that if you mix two chemicals together you get an output,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.23,0:02:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that doesn’t make you a scientist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.32,0:02:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A scientist is somebody who tries to understand how the world operates,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.29,0:02:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what the principles that guide that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.23,0:02:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use these facts and evidence in order to answer those questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.50,0:02:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a good scientist is not somebody who knows facts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.100,0:02:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who knows how to answer questions about how the world works.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.04,0:02:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s what we have to assess in our students:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.84,0:02:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their ability to understand how things work, how to solve problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.61,0:02:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to know the underlying rationale behind things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.96,0:03:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just what the facts are.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.46,0:03:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spent far too much time testing facts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.88,0:03:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and far too little testing real understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.46,0:03:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is where technology comes in again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.13,0:03:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technology is very important and it enables us to collect information,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.13,0:03:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,analyze it and apply it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.16,0:03:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, the technology is not the important thing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.27,0:03:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but enables us to put that stuff together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.67,0:03:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use information in a relevant and appropriate way.