Much of the work of our centre explores these issues in collaboration with leading
academic researchers. CERI’s work on knowledge management1 (OECD 2007a) examines
why education systems have become more accountable and why the influence of the
knowledge economy has driven a need for different skills in today’s teachers and learners.
CERI’s Brain Sciences2 project has also contributed to academic and policy discussions on
new learning and teaching strategies that take into account advances in research science (including neuroscience (OECD 2007b)). And most directly, Schooling for Tomorrow3 has
worked on integrating futures thinking in educational policy and practice and has argued
that that schools can and should be community institutions rather than establishments that
single out youth as their only target (OECD 2006).