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I read this quote last weekend in // New Learning Elements of a Science of Education //:

"Professional educators of tomorrow will not be people who simply enact received systems, standards, organisational structures and professional ethics. In this time of extraordinary social transformation and uncertainty, educators need to consider themselves to be designers of social futures, to search out new ways to address the learning needs of our society, and in so doing to position education at an inarguably central place in society. In fact, powerful educational ideas - about how people act and build knowledge in context and in collaboration with others, for instance - could well become leading social ideas in currently more privileged areas of endeavor, such as business and technology. Perhaps, if we can succeed at putting education at the heart of the designs for society's future, we might even be able to succeed in our various campaigns to ensure that education is just, empowering, creative and adequately resourced." "...we are on the cusp of a revolution in education that will change at the core the structure of its institutions, the practices of its professionals and the experiences of learners. Some of this is happening now in the opening decades of the 21st century. Some of it may take decades to evolve. Whatever direction the revolution takes, professional educators must position themselves as significant players - imagining alternative scenarios and designing and testing alternatives. Educators will also need to become advocates in the public arena and within their educational communities in order to make sure that their new designs for education work demonstrably, to get the recognition and resources they need, and to be sure that their innovations take firm institutional hold." (pp. 12-13)