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Friday, May 31 • 10:30am - 11:15am
Education beyond complexity

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Learning is an interactive process between the learner and the world. When the world changes, the relationship between the world and the learner changes. Schools should enable this direct connection between the student and the world, taking the developmental phase of the student into consideration.
It is aspirational to live in harmony with oneself, one’s fellow human beings and the planet. Schools and education systems should be able to support this aspiration, even in a complex and changing world. To do so requires us to reflect deeply, to reimagine what it means to grow into humanity in our times, and what the purpose of school is in supporting that.

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Olli-Pekka Heinonen

Director General, International Baccalaureate Organization
Olli-Pekka Heinonen became Director General of the IB in 2021. Previously, from 2017, he was Director General of the Finnish National Agency for Education. Mr Heinonen was Minister of Education and Science (1994-1999); Minister of Transport and Communication (1999-2002) and a Member... Read More →


Friday May 31, 2024 10:30am - 11:15am CEST
Auditoire, Main Campus, Ground Floor