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Trend 1: For the first time in history,
the old will outnumber the young. Developed World:
Younger ® Older. Underdeveloped World: Older ® Younger
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Trend 2: Majorities will become
minorities, creating ongoing challenges for social
cohesion. Worldwide: Diversity = Division « Diversity =
Enrichment
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Trend 3: Social and intellectual
capital will become economic drivers, intensifying
competition for well educated people. Industrial Age ® Global
Knowledge/Information Age
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Trend 4: Standards and high stakes tests
will fuel a demand for personalization in an
education system increasingly committed to lifelong human
development. Standardization ® Personalization
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Trend 5: The Millennial Generation will
insist on solutions to accumulated problems and
injustices, while an emerging Generation E will call for
equilibrium. GIs, Silents, Boomers, Xers ® Millennials,
Generation E.
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Trend 6: Continuous improvement
and collaboration will replace quick fixes and defense
of the status quo. Quick Fixes/Status Quo ® Continuous
Improvement
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Trend 7: Technology will increase the
speed of communication and the pace of advancement or
decline. Atoms ® Bits Micro ® Macro ® Nano ® Subatomic
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Trend 8: Release of human
ingenuity will become a primary responsibility of
education and society. Information Acquisition ® Knowledge
Creation and Breakthrough Thinking
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Trend 9: Pressure will grow for society
to prepare people for jobs and careers that may not
currently exist. Career Preparation « Career
Adaptability
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Trend 10: Competition will increase to
attract and keep qualified educators. High
Demand « Even Higher Demand
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Trend 11: Scientific discoveries and
societal realities will force widespread ethical choices.
Pragmatic/Expedient ® Ethical
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Trend 12: Common opportunities and
threats will intensify a worldwide demand for planetary
security. Personal Security/Self Interest « Planetary
Security Common Threats « Common Opportunities
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Trend 13: Understanding will grow that
sustained poverty is expensive, debilitating, and
unsettling. Sustained Poverty « Opportunity and Hope
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Trend 14: Polarization and narrowness
will bend toward reasoned discussion, evidence, and
consideration of varying points of view.
Narrowness « Open Mindedness
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Trend 15: As nations vie for
understanding and respect in an interdependent world,
international learning, including diplomatic skills, will become
basic. Sub-Trend: To earn respect in an interdependent world,
nations will be expected to demonstrate their reliability and
tolerance. Isolationist Independence « Interdependence
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Trend 16: Greater numbers of people will
seek personal meaning in their lives in response to an intense,
high tech, always on, fast-moving society. Personal
Accomplishment « Personal Meaning
