Renowned Educators Addressed Parents and Students at GEMS Nations Academy
GEMS Nations Academy recently hosted notable leaders in education - Arne Duncan, Former US Secretary of Education and Managing Partner, Emerson Collective; Graham Brown-Martin writer of Learning imagined, Founder of Understanding Without Frontiers (LWF); and Geoffrey Canada, President, Harlem Children's Zone and Guarantee Academy Boards.
Addressing students, parents and teachers, the leaders discussed the importance of inspiring the future generation of pioneers, entrepreneurs and leaders as part of an ongoing collection of motivational sessions for the GEMS fraternity. Subjects such as the need for flexible training that focuses on abilities and different learning designs, and real life readiness were discussed in the two hr session at GEMS Nations Academy.
Speaking about the session Mick Gernon, Senior Vice President - Global Head of Innovation, R & d said, "Uniting very dynamic thought-leaders to review the future of education with our parents, teachers and school leaders, offered a truly engaging understanding into just how we should prepare our young people for the future. Knowing needs to be relevant and connected to the real-world - we need to completely accept online and artificial intelligence technologies and expose our trainees to ensure that they create a deeper understanding of the world around them and that of the future.
Education will have to be re-imagined and give students with the essential skills, abilities and fluencies that will certainly enable them to favorably influence and shape their areas. In a quickly altering and technologically-driven world, we have a task to enlighten our trainees for the future, and except the past."
Carlos Domingo, a parent from GEMS Nations Academy, shared his view on the event and stated, "The day was a fantastic chance to experience first-hand just how the children are mastering technology at really early ages and what makes GEMS Nations Academy a different kind of school".
Named as one of the most influential people worldwide while 100 listing, as well as named among Fortune's 50 biggest leaders in the world, Geoffrey Canada is renowned all over the world for his outstanding work in aiding children and family members in Harlem. He functioned as the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Harlem Children's Zone, which The New york city Times called "one of one of the most enthusiastic social-policy experiments of our time". Canada will certainly share just how this experiment motivated a whole generation of teachers and educators.
Ame Duncan was the US Secretary of Education from 2009-2015, chosen by Former US President Barack Obama. In 2016 he began a new duty with the Emerson Collective, an organisation committed to eliminating barriers to opportunity so individuals can live to their full potential. Duncan's mission is to motivate young lives to be the catalyst for favorable adjustment.
Graham Brown-Martin is the author of Discovering visualized, the successful publication on global education released by Bloomsbury. He has actually appreciated a Three Decade occupation spanning the education, modern technology and home entertainment industries. He was the founder of Learning Without Frontiers (LWF), a global think tank that unites prominent educators, technologists and creatives to share provocative and difficult suggestions regarding the future of learning.
