Last week, I ran across an article originally published in October 2020. The title resonates with our work here:”
Educator as futurist: Moving beyond “Preparing for the Future” to “Shaping the Future”
This sentence below and the later question, in particular, reminded me to expand my thinking about planning for the future. It’s not just for the adult learners, but for the young ones as well!
“This moment has made us realize that we cannot just prepare students for the future, we must help them develop the imagination, agency, and will to shape the future.”
…how do we help our students not just be ‘prepared’ but capable of envisioning and building the futures they want to bring to life?”
I was also reminded of a podcast my colleague, Lynn, and I recorded last year with Peter Bishop and Katie King around this very idea of teaching futures in schools. Peter and Katie are both professional futurists.
Peter runs Teach the Future, an organization committed to elevating futures thinking in the classroom.
And Katie authored a wonderful book, Futures Thinking Playbook, designed to support the mission of helping teachers and learners develop futures thinking skills.
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❓ Provocation:
Why is futures thinking an important skill for everyone, including young learners? What have we learned from the pandemic that can inform our answer to that question? How do we help our students not just be ‘prepared’ but capable of envisioning and building the futures they want to bring to life?
💎 Resource:
Podcast: Season 6: Episode 40 – Teach the Future – Interview with Peter Bishop and Katie King
🧠 Mindset:
Futures thinking
💡 Area:
Longview (strategic foresight)
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