Description: Further DetailsTitle: Learning FuturesCondition: NewSubtitle: Education, Technology and Social ChangeEAN: 9780415581431ISBN: 9780415581431Publisher: RoutledgeFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/28/2011Description: In the twenty-first century, educators around the world are being told that they need to transform education systems to adapt young people for the challenges of a global digital knowledge economy. Too rarely, however, do we ask whether this future vision is robust, achievable or even desirable, whether alternative futures might be in development, and what other possible futures might demand of education. Drawing on ten years of research into educational innovation and socio-technical change, working with educators, researchers, digital industries, students and policy-makers, this book questions taken-for-granted assumptions about the future of education. Arguing that we have been working with too narrow a vision of the future, Keri Facer makes a case for recognizing the challenges that the next two decades may bring, including: the emergence of new relationships between humans and technology the opportunities and challenges of aging populations the development of new forms of knowledge and democracy the challenges of climate warming and environmental disruption the potential for radical economic and social inequalities. This book describes the potential for these developments to impact critical aspects of education – including adult-child relationships, social justice, curriculum design, community relationships and learning ecologies. Packed with examples from around the world and utilising vital research undertaken by the author while Research Director at the UK’s Futurelab, the book helps to bring into focus the risks and opportunities for schools, students and societies over the coming two decades. It makes a powerful case for rethinking the relationship between education and social and technological change, and presents a set of key strategies for creating schools better able to meet the emerging needs of their students and communities. An important contribution to the debates surrounding educational futures, this book is compelling reading for all of those, including educators, researchers, policy-makers and students, who are asking the question 'how can education help us to build desirable futures for everyone in the context of social and technological change?'Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 320gAuthor: Thomas MarmefeltGenre: Business & FinanceTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Learning Futures
Title: Learning Futures
Subtitle: Education, Technology and Social Change
EAN: 9780415581431
ISBN: 9780415581431
Release Date: 03/28/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Business & Finance
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 182 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Learning Futures : Education, Technology and Social Change
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Computers & Technology, Adult & Continuing Education, Internet / General, Social Aspects / General, General, Higher, Information Technology
Item Height: 0.4 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Keri Facer
Subject Area: Computers, Technology & Engineering, Education
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
