Posts Tagged ‘questions’
by Dan Sutch filed under BCH general, Work and Employment | 8 January 2009
Education is a future-building enterprise. One of the education system’s key roles is in preparing young people for the future world that they will inhabit and help shape when they leave formal education, whilst ensuring they are supported in making sense of the world in which they live now. But in building learners’ capacity to live and work in this future world, it is vital to be mindful of the social and technological changes that have implications for the sorts of jobs, communities and relationships that will develop in the near future. A child starting primary school this year will be leaving compulsory education in 2022. So if we are to prepare these learners for this world, how can we begin to understand what they are being prepared for?
by Mary Ulicsak filed under BCH general, engagement | 17 November 2008
Am sure you’ve all seen Million Futures – you remember, virtual paper planes, your wishes for the future… Very pretty, if you haven’t seen it take a look. Anyway, in addition to being inspirational and fun there is a purpose. As it says, the responses on the planes contribute to the report we’re compiling of [...]
by Dan Sutch filed under BCH general | 10 October 2008
Within the BCH programme, the investigations of possible, probable and preferable futures are made so to understand the implications for education: how it’s organised, who will be involved, the aims, processes etc, and how these may be challenged in the light of socio and technological change. But how can we be sure of the what ‘education’ is for now, let alone think about how it will change in the future?
