Teaching technological forecasting to undergraduate students: a reflection on challenges and opportunities

Jaime Bonnin Roca

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022, vol. 180, issue C

Abstract: This discussion article contains a reflection of the challenges I encountered while teaching technological forecasting to undergraduate students. I group these challenges into three groups: the inherent uncertainty of the forecasting process, the lack of appropriate learning materials, and existing methodological inconsistencies. I discuss how these challenges appeared in my classroom, and whenever possible, how I tried to solve them. I conclude by discussing some actions that the forecasting community could undertake to facilitate both teaching and research in this field.

Keywords: Technology forecasting; Teaching; Ucertainty; Methodological rigor; Challenge-based learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121684

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