Scenarios of Future Schooling and Futures Thinking from the Perspectives of Educational, System and Schools’ Leaders

The researcher aimed to understand how the system and school leaders, as well as an expert panel would respond to scenarios of future schooling the scenarios as constructed in the OECD Schooling for Tomorrow scenarios, the Holon IQ five scenarios for the Future of Learning and Talent, and the Sanborn et al. Future of Education (see the tables under the section Scenarios). The researcher aimed to understand what this suggested concerning the system and school leaders perceptions, knowledge and values relating to future schooling, and what it suggested for policy development and change in Australian schools.