What a time to be alive - in 2045
From Facer & Sandford's 2010 article: The next 25 years?: future scenarios and future directions for education and technology , the scenario that seems most viable to me is: World 3: only connect A world organized around a collective understanding of interdependence between people, between individuals and machines, between individuals and ecosystems, in which the concepts of ‘identity’, benefit and action are understood as profoundly social. In this environment, we see two education systems emerging: 1 ‘ Integrated experience ’ – an education system embedded indistinguishably in society, economy and community, in which learners learn through ongoing participation . 2 ‘ Service and citizenship ’ – an education system distinct from society in which social cohesion and competencies for social participation are explicitly taught. The word participation stood out to me. In my head I was asking a few questions: 💬 How do you teach social participation to students? What ...
