The question "How do we want to learn in the future?" was one that we kept at the forefront of our minds throughout the eleven months of the project. We collected many inspiring questions – 487 in total – in schools and via the project website
Will there still be human teachers in the future? Do we need more subjects about everyday life, about finance, sustainability, cookery, etc.? What could be the future alternative to grades?
The full range of questions was reflected in six thematic clusters:
- Digitization
- Individual learning
- Well-being & school life
- New teachers
- New places
- New subjects & skills
Students and scientists then worked on selected issues in various exchange formats. This resulted in a number of concrete products.
In the three-part podcast "Future School", Marie, Marlene and Luis talk to scientists from DIPF about learning of tomorrow.
- Episode 1: Sustainability in the classroom of tomorrow Marie in conversation with Prof. Dr. Johannes Hartig
The first episode is dedicated to the topic of sustainability and how it can be anchored in schools and lessons. Marie and DIPF researcher Prof. Dr. Johannes Hartig discuss whether there should be a school subject called "sustainability". - Episode 2: School classes and teachers of the future Marlene in conversation with Dr. Franziska Baier-Mosch
The second episode looks at how the role of teachers and the classroom will change as students work more with digital tools and individual learning comes to the fore. Marlene and DIPF researcher Dr. Franziska Baier-Mosch discuss the various effects that individualised learning has on social interaction in the classroom. - Episode 3: The classroom of the future Luis talks to Dana Kube
The third episode of the FutureSchool podcast looks at the classroom of the future and the technological tools that are already being developed. Luis and DIPF education expert Dana Kube discuss when technology is superior to teachers and when teachers, as real people with real experiences, are unbeatable.
Our hackathon with an 8th grade class, five teachers and seven scientists was graphically recorded. In total, four sessions were recorded on AI in schools, emotional and mental health in schools, self-directed learning and learning with digital technologies.
All the resulting ideas about the future of learning were integrated into an online game. The game "New School Tools" was developed together with students and implemented by a design agency. As a player, you have to navigate a maze with six levels, solving tasks and collecting great ideas for learning in the future as a reward. The coolest tools will enter a backpack, which is unpacked at the end of the game - new, completely different ideas can be collected in a second round.
