Why Education Keeps Preparing Kids for the Wrong Future | Owen Losse

What if we're preparing young people for a future that will never exist?After more than 15 years working across education systems and helping schools improve outcomes for students, Owen Losse has reached a surprising conclusion: we spend too much time trying to predict the future, and not enough time understanding how people actually learn.In this conversation, Owen draws on his experience as an education leader to explore one of the biggest questions facing education today:How do we prepare people for a future we can't predict?From AI and the surprising history of the chalkboard to confidence, practical skills, and why learning has to be hard, this conversation challenges many of our assumptions about education, technology, and what it really means to prepare people for an unknowable future.Whether you're an educator, parent, leader, builder, or lifelong learner, you'll walk away with a different perspective on learning—and why the most important skills may be the ones that never go out of date.Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/HarrisonGardnerConnect with Harrison:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_harrisongardnerWebsite: https://www.harrisongardner.net/Books: https://www.harrisongardner.net/bookstore-1Pre-order my new book HEAT-SHELTER-WATER-FOODhttps://www.harrisongardner.net/heat-shelter-water-foodConnect with Owen:https://www.linkedin.com/in/owenlosse/Chapters00:00 Learning Has to Be Hard02:45 Owen's Journey Through Education09:06 Why Education Doesn't Work the Same Everywhere12:20 What Should Schools Actually Teach?15:45 Why Schools Keep Chasing the Future24:50 Why Schools Are Always Behind27:33 The AI Education Debate Happened 100 Years Ago34:35 How Build School Teaches People to Learn39:30 How Schools Can Stop Chasing Society50:15 What 15-Year-Olds Really Think About Home58:00 Is Confidence a Skill?59:20 What Cooking 100 Chickens Teaches Us About Learning01:03:20 Learning From Failure01:05:05 What a Good Learning Environment Looks Like Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.