Sustainability, human well-being, and the future of education /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Justin W. Cook.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cham, Switzerland :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2019]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource :
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illustrations (black and white)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Learning at the edge of history / Justin W. Cook -- Toward robust foundations for sustainable well-being societies : learning to change by changing how we learn / Harold Glasser -- Sustainable wellbeing society--a challenge for a public sector institution / Jari Salminen -- Schools as equitable communities of inquiry / Robert Riordan and Stacey Caillier -- Transforming our worldview towards a sustainable future / Erkka Laininen -- Towards solving the impossible problems / Asta Raami -- Unlocking the future of learning by redesigning educator learning / Adam Rubin and Ali Brown -- Four-dimensional education for sustainable societies / Charles Fadel and Jennifer S. Groff -- Creativity, the arts, and the future of work / Linda F. Nathan -- A new narrative for the future : learning, social cohesion and redefining "us" / Marjo Kyllönen -- Climate change education : a new approach for a world of wicked problems / Anna Lehtonen, Arto O. Salonen and Hannele Cantell -- Case study : kaospilots--from passive listeners to global change agents / Jenna Lähdemäki -- Case study : the Finnish national curriculum 2016--a co-created national education policy / Jenna Lähdemäki.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This open access book explores the key dimensions of a future education system designed to enable individuals, schools, and the communities to achieve the twin twenty-first century challenges of sustainability and human well-being. For much of the twentieth century, Western education systems prepared students to enter the workforce, contribute to society and succeed in relatively predictable contexts. Today, people are at the controls of the planet--making decisions that are dramatically reshaping social, economic, and environmental systems at a global scale. What is education's purpose in this new reality? What and how must we learn now? The volatility and uncertainty caused by digitalization, globalization, and climate change weave a common backdrop through each chapter. Using case studies drawn from Finland and the US, chapter authors explore various aspects of learning and education system design through the lenses of sustainability and human well-being to evaluate how our understanding and practice of education must transform. Using their scholarly research and experience as practitioners, the authors propose new approaches to preparing learners for a new frontier of the human experience fraught with risks but full of opportunity--back cover.