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2013 Public Policy DialogueMurtala Mohammed Foundation
Leapfrogging Nigeria from Education to Learning
Julius O. AkinyemiEntrepreneur –In-Residence
MIT Media Lab
October 8, 2013
MIT MEDIA LAB – CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR HUMANITY
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.
Le Cordonnier & Son Apprenti - Emile Adan, c1914
The Wisdom of Apprenticeship - watching, learning & doing
The MIT Media Lab an Engine of Innovation
The Working Area: Atelier Style
1910 FRENCH POSTER ABOUT LEARNING
Education: We Need to Fix Our Foundational Mistake (The Primary Schools) So they can
Yield Returns that Contribute to Our National Wealth
1. Learn How to Learn
2. Love to Learn with Passion
3. Love to Love to Learn.
They Need to:
The Principles:1. Learning Over Education – The need for “Return on
Education”
2. Practice over Theory-watching, learning and doing – The apprenticeship way.
3. Resiliency over Strength – the system will fail sometime but recover fast
4. Re-evaluate your Risk vs. Safety – Safety stifles Innovation and does not provide a nurturing environment for growth
