Future Learning Design Podcast

The End of Education as We Know It? - A Conversation with Dr Ida Rose Florez

May 25, 2025
In this insightful conversation, Dr. Ida Rose Florez, a transformative leader in education and author, challenges the myth of neutral schooling. She discusses how traditional education often conditions students rather than nurtures them. Ida shares her vision for regenerative learning, highlighting innovative communities that prioritize cooperation over competition and embrace complexity. The discussion emphasizes a shift toward adaptive learning models, fostering curiosity and agency in students while rethinking the relationship between education and community for a sustainable future.
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ANECDOTE

Disruptive Plane Ride Revelation

  • Ida Rose Florez shares a transformative experience disrupted by a speech on technology's peaceful use.
  • This disruption sparked her commitment to help children become technology creators, not just consumers.
INSIGHT

Schools Embed Deep Assumptions

  • Schools excel at embedding paradigmatic assumptions like separation, sorting, and sequencing.
  • These assumptions deeply condition young people's perception of how the world works.
INSIGHT

Learning Is Inherently Complex

  • The world is complex, not merely complicated like machines.
  • Education treats learning as complicated, but authentic learning is arguably the most complex process on Earth.
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