The changing world has implications on the higher education and the teaching profession

Abstract

According to OECD (2016), learning to learn and flexibility are the key competences in the future work. Education should train students to manage in a world, where they continuously need to adapt to new working methods, new technologies and new business models. The job description of young people can change approximately 25 times during their lifetime. According to OECD research about 65% of young people today will work in jobs which do not even exist now. The most important competences to success in working life will be skills for life-long learning, ability to recognize and assess own learning and ability to develop it. (OECD Forum 2016)