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The Challenge of Complex Governance. OECD/Japan seminar ”Schooling for tomorrow”: “Futures Thinking for Education: Policy, Leadership and the Teaching Profession” 6-8 November 2006 Margrethe Vestager Member of Danish Parliament, former minister of Education. The conclusion.
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The Challenge of Complex Governance OECD/Japan seminar ”Schooling for tomorrow”: “Futures Thinking for Education: Policy, Leadership and the Teaching Profession” 6-8 November 2006 Margrethe Vestager Member of Danish Parliament, former minister of Education
The conclusion 1. There is a challenge of complex governance 2. The challenge should be meet with a policy mix of central governance and self-governance in all levels of the educational system – from the individual pupils, teachers, school leaders, regional bodies ect. 3. Self-governance in a framework of central governance influences the teaching in schools, teacher training and leadership – it is in it self a challenge to get the competencies to handle the challenge of complex governance.
Content: • Why governance is complex? The changing global conditions and the many, many things education should be good for and the change in youth culture • The possibilities of government to govern • The role of Leaders of Education • The role of Teachers • And how about the pupils and their parents? • Concluding questions
Communication Internet, Mobil communication – The Internet becomes mobile
Research and technology ex. nanotechnology The creation of new material on molecular scale
Transport/shipping - unexpected possibilities when it comes to move good and services round the globe
Life of Earth The Stern rapport, clima change, energy ect.
Changes – just a few of the characteristics of globalization: • Communication • Technology and Research – ways and scope • Transport/shipping • Environmental • The liberalization of finance, trade, movement of people creates a new labour market and a global market for goods and services.
Make sure that the needs of the labour market are met. …and make sure that these needs are met in a flexible way. Contribute to social cohesion Give pupils and students the basics of the role of a democratic citizen Education should… Enable each individual to keep learning in a structured way Make sure the pupils now a lot of other tings - about traffic, sex, alcohol, drugs and how to chose further education And in the process of doing that (as a minimum) education should be cost-effective and efficient And that in a still more open international society and market for education
…to sum up: • The conditions of the labourmarket, the market for goods and services, the terms of trade ect. • Change seems to be continuing and the speed seems to be accelerating. • Education is seem as one measure to many means, some may be conflicting • High expectations of what education can achieve • The mix of competences in the individual are changing, mostly in new generations. • Our attitude towards change is changing
Demands to be able to compete: The worker has • to have knowledge • to be able to work in a interdisciplinary way • to be creative • to be emphatic with co-workers and customers • to be value based This is from a book by Lars Kolind ”The Kolind Cure”. In his opinion these 5 ”competences” are what’s needed for a Danish worker to bee able to compete and keep the company and the jobs in Denmark.
Change at all levels • The pupils have to be taught in a way that promotes self-governance. • Teacher education and –training have to continue trough working life and they have to have academic skills of reflection, analysis and problem solving – all to promote self-governance. • Leaders – have to have charge and competence to handle the processes. • The governing bodies have to learn how to set guidelines without going into detail, to allow for experiments and to create a “marketplace” for exchange of problems and solutions.
Fantasi Salvadore Dali 1951
The conclusion 1. There is a challenge of complex governance 2. The challenge should be meet with a policy mix of central governance and self-governance in all levels of the educational system – from the individual pupils, teachers, school leaders, regional bodies ect. 3. Self-governance in a framework of central governance influences the teaching in schools, teacher training and leadership – it is in it self a challenge to get the competencies to handle the challenge of complex governance. + trust?
… mostly unanswered questions: • Why is it important to govern education? Could it be more free or market based? • Can education meet all goals? • Are we in control of some of the elements of complexity or are we on the back of a tiger of uncontrolled change? • Do teachers, leaders, pupils ect. want self-governance? • Can the state find means of governance that will not ruin the possibility of self-governance? • Eｔｃ.
