The current education system has achieved fantastic results for decades. It has been a real engine of social and economic transformation and has enabled millions of people to have access to better lives and to become more relevant and capable of dealing with the challenges and opportunities of their times. However, technological, social and economic developments in recent decades have brought us new and profound challenges, and the pace of change will accelerate further.

What we learn today may no longer make sense tomorrow; the work done today by humans may be done by machines tomorrow; if today's average life expectancy is around 80 years in Portugal, it may be 100 years tomorrow. What do we need to learn in order to remain relevant and capable in a world in constant and accelerated change and in which the human being will live longer, but will finally have (non-living) beings with comparable levels of intelligence? How can the education system respond to these challenges? We talked with Professor António Sampaio da Nóvoa about these and other issues concerning to the future of Education.