First, it emphasized the need for design principles and a common language of instruction for knowledge workers called ‘teachers’. Second, it espoused as a principle the obligation of teachers, administrators and teacher educators to give up pedagogical strategies justified by personal preferences in favour of research-based techniques that deliver a wider curriculum agenda and the deep knowledge that underlies knowledge work. Third, it enunciated a renewed responsibility on the part of teachers, schools and teacher educators for the outcomes of pedagogical practice.