Futuristics in K-12 Classrooms

Autor/in	Shostak, Arthur B.
Titel	Futuristics in K-12 Classrooms
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 65 (2008) 2, S.52-53 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Futures (of Society); Elementary Secondary Education; Prediction; School Activities; Educational Objectives; Magnet Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Future; Society; Zukunft; Vorhersage; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel
Abstract	Youngsters nowadays have grown up learning "protect tomorrow!" lessons from "Barney" and "Bill Nye the Science Guy." They have been tutored by unforgettable futuristic movies like "A.I." and "E.T," by science fiction serials and "Star Trek" reruns and by future-oriented series on cable TV (including material on The History Channel). Of course, they're also influenced by many over-the-horizon sites on the Internet. Never before have so many had as many communication resources with which to feed their natural curiosity about tomorrow. As helpful as this is in keeping America in the forefront as one of the world's prime innovators (ever more Nobel Prize winners, distinguished inventors, trend-setting products and services, etc.), it brings with it an over-looked hazard of significance. Never before have so many impressionable youngsters had as great a need for help in separating the wheat from the chaff. All forecasts, all visions of tomorrow--as adults know full well--are not of equal value. In this article, the author states that schools can help in three major ways: (1) They can teach youngsters how to distinguish worthy from poor or even dangerous forecasts; (2) they can nurture optimism concerning the future, as this is a vital source of America's "can do!" spirit (the envy of nations everywhere); and (3) they can upgrade their awareness of tomorrow's job market and employer expectations of them, the better to improve their chances of success. Schools have to "futurize" their system--that is make the art of futuristics a comfortable and constructive part of its culture. While there is no one all-purpose blueprint for accomplishing this, here, the author presents seven sequential steps that must be considered. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10