Craft Quarter | Lifelong Learning Platforms

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Transcript
Here you can see the port and industry in all its glory. A lot of the work is done by computer, but skilled craftwork is still indispensable when tackling technical problems. 

Do you see the platforms beside the Mastership Tree? These are the Lifelong Learning Platforms which are crucial to education in The Mastership Society. When they were introduced, Lifelong Learning Platforms represented a major departure from the traditional education system. 

Before the Lifelong Learning Platforms started, education was based on reading, writing and arithmetic: the basic skills necessary for participating in modern society. Meanwhile, schools were organised as a kind of learning factories: where everyone would be churned out with approximately the same set of skills and knowledge. 

Of course, reading, writing and arithmetic are still important in The Mastership Society’s education system, but there’s more space and respect for manual crafts, emotional skills and the deeper, traditional values of a trade; things that often can’t be tested in a written exam.

New information technologies were needed to break the mould of the old education system. Self-learning digital systems created unique and. personalised learning paths for everyone. These coordinated people’s personal interests and desired skills in a unique way. You didn’t have to learn exactly the same as everyone else: thereby creating space for diversity and personal development. 

To achieve this meant gathering an enormous amount of personal data. To find out how The Mastership Society achieved this in a safe and responsible way, listen to the Lovelace Data Commons.