World Yearbook of Education 1998

Futures Education
Herausgeber: Hicks, David; Slaughter, Richard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the central roles of education is to prepare students for the future and yet its study is often a neglected issue. This work focuses on the futures field as an educational resource using case studies from around the world, and on the nature of education for sustainability.

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First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415501361
• ISBN-10: 0415501369
• Artikelnr.: 34743462

Autorenporträt

David Hicks, Richard Slaughter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section I: Foundations of Futures Education1. A futurist
reflects 2. Understanding the futures field 3. The changing nature of
global change 4. The knowledge base of futures studies 5. Listening to
non-western perspectives 6. The needs of future generations 7. Learning
from feminist futures Section II: The Practice of Futures Education 8.
Futures in early childhood education 9. Technology-based learning in US
elementary schools 10. Young people's hopes and fears for the future 11.
Teachers and postgraduate futures education 12. Futures studies at the
University of Houston-Clear Lake 13. Futures studies via the World Wide Web
14. An MA in Foresight and Futures Studies 15. Student responses to
learning about futures 16. Identifying sources of hope in postmodern times
Section III: Educating for a Sustainable Future 17. The need to envision
sustainable futures 18. Environmental education for a new century 19. An
MSc in Environmental and Development Education 20. The WWF UK Reaching Out
programme