Creating the Schools of the Future: Education for a Sustainable Society

Peter M. Senge

Chapter 43 in Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders, 2014, pp 321-329 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: I believe that the Industrial Age system of education that has spread around the world in the past 150 years will change dramatically in the coming decades. The assembly-line progression of grades (first, second, third, etc.) coordinated by a fixed curriculum and headed by teachers in charge of students' learning has grown increasingly out of touch with the realities of today: the global interconnectedness of economics, politics, and culture; the Internet, which puts more and more information at students' fingertips; and businesses that need people who can think for themselves and collaborate effectively in teams to solve complex problems. While mainstream school systems are obsessed with standardized test scores and intense individual competition, education innovators are focused on higher order skills like systems thinking and creativity in conjunction with basic skills in mathematics and language; personal maturation together with technical knowledge; and learning how to learn together in service of addressing problems that are real in students' lives…

Keywords: Envisioning; Sustainable Future; Desirable Future; Positive Future; Future History; Scenarios; World Views (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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