Future Minds Forum 2007

Future Minds Forum

We live in a time of vast changes that include accelerating globalization, mounting quantities of information, the growing hegemony of science and technology and the clash of civilizations. Those changes call for new ways of thinking in school, business and the professions.

Professor Gardner defines the cognitive abilities that will command a premium in the future... the Five Minds for the Future:

• the disciplinary mind
• the synthesizing mind
• the creating mind
• the respectful mind
• the ethical mind

Armed with these well-honed capacities, a person will be equipped to deal with what is expected in the future - as well as what cannot be anticipated. Without these “minds” individuals will be at the mercy of forces they can’t understand - overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace and incapable of making judicious decisions about personal and professional matters.

Howard Gardner

“One of the most influential psychologists of his generation”
-The Economist

“By most accounts, Howard Gardner is the most influential living theorist in the education world today”
- NEA Today

The members of the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network [CRLLEN] are committed to ensuring our communities have all the necessary resources at their disposal to fully participate in a rapidly changing world.

Since an historic meeting of all school councils in the Central Ranges region in April of 2005, and then our "Three Pillars" Industry Forum and Annual General Meeting, we have been working in a partnership with local schools, the Department of Education and local business and community members to consider new ways to structure post-compulsory education and training, new roles and partnerships for business and community stakeholders and specifically, new opportunities for young people and the communities in which they live.

Professor Howard Gardner was the guest of the Board of the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network for two days during July of 2007. He contributed to both an open public forum attended by almost 400 people on Friday July 6th as well as contributing to a private luncheon on Saturday July 7th, hosted by our network for the benefit of local community and educational leaders across the Hume and Loddon Mallee regions in Victoria.

Podcast now available! 11th October 2007

The "conversations" podcast series are produced for the benefit of our members by the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network, in Victoria, Australia.

We have provided the full replay of the public presentation made by Professor Howard Gardner at the Future Minds Forum, held in the Melbourne Convention Centre in July 2007.

To gain access to the podcast, follow the link to our "conversations" web page.

http://www.centralrangesllen.org.au/conversations

Useful Links

For the convenience of forum participants, we have provided a SECURE pre and post-conference "online conference kit" available by following the links below. We will also provide links to additional research, forum presentations and additional material such as podcasts relevant to the themes of our forum.

Each registrant was emailed a Forum programme. If you have not received this you can login to the discussion area and download a programme. To gain access to these materials you will be required to register online. You will be prompted where required to provide an email address and password.

To view to online area for Future Mind Forum Participants, please follow this link:

Future Minds Discussion Forum