Changing Times, Changing Trends: The future of education'

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Changing Times,Changing TrendsThe future of
education.

• Tafe Queensland Video Conference
• Wednesday 23 August 2006
• Presented by Mark McCrindle

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Changing Times The 4 big shifts

• Changing Population
• Source McCrindle Research 2006

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1. Changing Population 30 years ago14 years
time 1976 2020

• Population 14m 23m
• 15-19 year olds 1.2m 1.3m
• 65-69 year olds 0.4m 1.3m
• Births (TFR) 2.1 1.6
• Median Age 29 40
• Life expectancy 69 82
• Sources ABS 2006, NATSEM.

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Changing Times The 4 big shifts

• Changing Population
• Transitioning Generations
• Source McCrindle Research 2006

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2. Transitioning Generations Australias
generation mix

• Description Birth Age
  _ ()
• Builders Before 1946 Over 60
  17
• Boomers 19461964 4260 26
• Generation X 19651979 2741 21
• Generation Y 1980 -1994 12 -26
  20
• Generation Z 1995 -2009 Under 12 16
• Source Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006

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Changing Times The 4 big shifts

• Changing Population
• Transitioning Generations
• Restructured Lives
• Source McCrindle Research 2006

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3. Restructured Lives Understanding the
ever-changing student

• Post-lifestage
• Safety-net Syndrome
• Trying not planning
• Accelerated S-Curve
• Source McCrindle Research Mind Mood 2006

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Changing Times The 4 big shifts

• Changing Population
• Transitioning Generations
• Restructured Lives
• Emerging Expectations
• Source McCrindle Research 2006

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4. Emerging ExpectationsThe top 5 value
propositions for Gen Y

• Social Connection
• Fun Entertaining
• Cool Socially Desirable
• Life Enhancing
• New Innovative
• Source McCrindle Research Mind Mood 2006

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Changing times, changing trends...

• Presented by Mark McCrindle
• McCrindle Research Pty Ltd
• [phone]
• www.mccrindle.com.au
• mark_at_mccrindle.com.au