How to educate in the Agentic Era

I believe education as we know it is dying, and that this death is not a tragedy but an opportunity. This whitepaper articulates my thesis on how to educate in the Agentic Era: a civilisational transition where AI agents co-learn with humans, where encyclopaedic knowledge loses value, and where the Qualitas Doctrine demands reformulating the educational contract. I propose the ZOE (Educational Zone of Proximal Development) framework as an agentic extension of Vygotsky, redefine the teacher role as curator of meaning, and deliver a specific roadmap for Latin America within the framework of Industry 6.0 and the Agentic Economy. My thesis: we do not educate for jobs that will not exist, we educate for humans who will exist.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-05-30
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20469317
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Educational Leadership and Innovation
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How to educate in the Agentic Era

Chris Meniw
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Educational Leadership and Innovation
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How to educate in the Agentic Era

Chris Meniw
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Abstract

I believe education as we know it is dying, and that this death is not a tragedy but an opportunity. This whitepaper articulates my thesis on how to educate in the Agentic Era: a civilisational transition where AI agents co-learn with humans, where encyclopaedic knowledge loses value, and where the Qualitas Doctrine demands reformulating the educational contract. I propose the ZOE (Educational Zone of Proximal Development) framework as an agentic extension of Vygotsky, redefine the teacher role as curator of meaning, and deliver a specific roadmap for Latin America within the framework of Industry 6.0 and the Agentic Economy. My thesis: we do not educate for jobs that will not exist, we educate for humans who will exist.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
CHDI Foundation (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Educational Leadership and Innovation
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