Student Forum: The 21st Century School - led by the Hon. Peter Garrett (via VC)
Today's kindergarten students will be retiring in the 2060s. We know very little about what the world will look like then, or what technology will be available, yet we are charged with preparing our students for life in that world. Students will always need to have strong fundamental skills, like literacy and numeracy. But we also need to equip them to be good citizens and effective workers in a world managing challenges as diverse as climate change, economic equity, food scarcity, and the health revolution.
So how does this translate into the school environment? What do schools need to do to support tomorrow’s leaders in the developing the skills they will need? How can we equip them to make the best use of the technology they will have?
In this forum a select group of Year 11 and 12 students from around Australia will join with the Hon. Peter Garrett (Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) via High Definition Video Conferencing to discuss schooling in the 21st Century.
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The Hon. Peter Garrett's Biography
Member for Kingsford Smith (NSW)
Australian Labor Party
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, 2004, 2007 and 2010.
Ministerial Appointments
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts from 3.12.07 to 8.3.10.
Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts from 8.3.10 to 14.9.10.
Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth from 14.9.10.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 2.12.04 to 17.10.07; Communications, Information Technology and the Arts from 7.12.04 to 17.10.07.
Parliamentary Party Positions
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts from 24.6.05 to 10.12.06.
Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 7.12.06 to 3.12.07. Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage and Shadow Minister for the Arts from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
BA (ANU), LLB (NSW).
Musician, Midnight Oil 1977-2002.
President, Australian Conservation Foundation 1989-93 and 1999-2004.
Honours
Appointed Member of the Order of Australia, January 2003. |
