Futures thinking promotes knowledge, skills and understanding that are needed to think creatively and critically about the future and this approach is important for educators. Students will begin to link their own lives in the present to the past and the future, understand social, political and cultural influences shaping perceptions of the future on a personal, local and global level, think about probable and preferable futures and work towards achieving a sustainable future where people and the planet are equally important.
Preferred futures encourages students to learn skills in:
Considerations for pedagogies
- Planning to serve needs not wants
- Ethic in goals - does this create a better world?
- Local and global design solutions for inclusivity
- Look at traditional ways and innovate
- Provide lesson designs enabling students to make links between their own lives and the past/future
- Increase understanding of economic, social, political and cultural influences
References
Hicks, W. (n.d). A futures perspective. Retrived from http://www.teaching4abetterworld.co.uk/futures.html
http://mlab.uiah.fi/polut/Yhteiskunnalliset/lisatieto_ethics_primer.html
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