CreatorSpaces
in primary education

Our children are the creators of the future. They need an education that goes beyond acquiring traditional basic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic and enables them to meet the complex challenges of a highly dynamic VUCA world. This VUCA world is characterised by Volatility (disruptive change), Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. In this highly dynamic and highly complex VUCA world, the professional, cultural and societal challenges of future life are becoming increasingly difficult to define. It is becoming increasingly clear that basic skills are not enough for a successful and happy life. They need to be complemented by further competencies, attitudes and motivational orientations that enable children to respond appropriately to, and shape, current and future demands, some of which can barely be foreseen.

Tendencies to focus exclusively on reproducing traditional knowledge and acquiring traditional cultural skills need to be overcome. Children today also need to learn how to use digital technologies and media representations to learn, explore, create and communicate. The ability to shape the future in the sense of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), to help create a planet that remains habitable for their grandchildren, and the inclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals are also crucial. Developing future skills is therefore about more than handling digital tools. It is about giving children opportunities to use digital and media representations to critically reflect on, analyse, use and shape their constantly changing world.