Schooling for the future survey: An overview

The first phase of the Schooling for the Future Project surveyed high-profile educational policy makers and leaders in 11 societies across the Asia-Pacific region. The survey, in the form of a written questionnaire, asked respondents to rank the six OECD/CERI Schooling for Tomorrow scenarios (OECD/CERI, 2001. What schools for the future? Paris: OECD) in order of desirability and probability in the context of their own societies, then to consider these and select their most preferred. Although there were minor differences, there was a surprisingly high level of consensus with Learning Organizations (Scenario 4) considered the most desirable and Bureaucratic Systems (Scenario 1) the most probable scenarios across the societies in the region.