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2. The Independent Consumer

The independent consumer scenario Learning is a set of services to individuals. It’s the students’ responsibility to get what they need, tick the box and move on to their next goal. Use this scenario to explore the rapid reconfiguration of education around the individual consumer.

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Resource

Enterprise curriculum

"It helps to know what the people in the school would actually like, and have time to do this in sufficient depth and iteratively."

Architect, White Design - John Ferneley Secondary
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"This is a great opportunity to think about how the school of the future should be, how it should serve children and the local community, and how it might enhance the capacities of staff."

Primary school head, Portsmouth

Ideas

The need for a vision

"Involving school workforce, governors, parents and students in developing the educational vision will provide valuable insights and ensure they are supportive."

Steve Sayers, Director, Futurelab
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"Thinking systematically about a range of future possibilities can help us to be more considered in the decisions that we make now; and these decisions can help shape the future we want to bring about."

Dan Sutch, Futurelab

Act

Consulting the school

"Everyone felt the consultation exercise was a great opportunity to contribute to thinking about how the school of the future should be, how it should serve children and the local community, and how it might enhance the capacities of staff."

Tash Lee, learning researcher, Futurelab
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