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Educating for the twenty-first century : seven global challenges / By Conrad Hughes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Conrad, author.
- Series:
- IBE on curriculum, learning, and assessment ; volume 3.
- IBE on curriculum, learning, and assessment ; volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Education.
- Education and globalization.
- Education--Philosophy.
- Postmodernism and education.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 181 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Educating for the 21st century
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Educating for the Twenty-First Century is an engaging account of some of the most critical challenges for humanity, seen through the unique perspective of a school principal. A virtuoso performance of great imaginative force, the book takes the reader through philosophical reflections, humorous anecdotes, syntheses of cutting-edge research and examples of best practice, to answer fundamental questions about education and learning in the 21st century. Provocative, touching, accessible, but always profound, the book is a must for policy-makers, school and university leaders, parents and anyone passionate about education and the future of the planet -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Mindfulness
- At one with the cosmos
- Jacobo
- The mindfulness craze
- Views of the sceptic and the cynic
- Other avenues for peace of mind
- Walking and running
- Mind wandering
- The arts
- Schools and the arts
- Points
- What did we do with Jacobo?
- Conclusion
- Singularity
- Meaning of "singularity"
- Can human intelligence by simulated?
- Can computers take on a life of their own?
- Points made thus far
- Educational responses
- Ethical, consequential STEM
- Integrated technology
- Post-singularity higher-order thinking
- Terrorism
- 9/11 onwards
- What is it that drives people to become terrorists and how can education prevent or reduce it?
- How should the education we design for young people present the phenomenon of terrorism historically, politically and philosophically?
- How do schools prepare young people psychologically and spiritually for a world in which terrorism exists?
- Contents
- Sustainability
- Introduction
- The catastrophe of the environment: what research tells us
- Human responses
- Post-truth politics
- Zach
- What is truth?
- Postmodernism and truth: relativistic discourses
- Historical revisionism
- Propaganda
- Contemporary political approaches to truth
- Zach again
- Knowledge
- Skills versus knowledge
- Bloom's taxonomy revised ... again!
- The role of the teacher
- Rote learning
- A twenty-first century education
- Sarah
- Character
- Discipline
- Ethics
- Values in schools
- Emotional intelligence
- Bringing the pieces together in character education
- Conclusion: the framework
- The purpose of the framework.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hughes, Conrad, author. Educating for the twenty-first century
- ISBN:
- 9789004381025
- 9004381023
- 9789004381018
- 9004381015
- OCLC:
- 1041902621
- Publisher Number:
- 99978315786
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