General Concepts

What is Futures and Futures Education?   The Futures Field incorporates research, education and social movements that are involved in a wide range of activities, from trend analysis to curriculum development to social innovations.  A core element of these activities is … Continued

FUTURES THINKING AND CURRICULUM STATEMENTS Why should schools include a futures perspective in Curriculum planning?   Kew High School’s key question:   What kind of young adults do we want our students to be? If this is the premise from which … Continued

Compiled by Caroline Smith, ACU National.   Futures Education Bjerstedt, A. (1992). Conceptions of the Future and Education for Responsibilities Malmö, Sweden, Department of Educational and Psychological Research, Lund Beare, H. and Slaughter, R. (1994). Education for the Twenty First Century. London: Routledge Boulding, … Continued

ELTHAM College of Education in association with the Futures Foundation this week held a seminar detailing a Year 9 Futures Education project – 2020 – conducted at ELTHAM’s City Campus, followed by a discussion with attendees in regards to the … Continued

The field of strategic foresight can be represented in many ways. In this video, University of Houston graduate student Christopher Manfredi introduces Satori Engine’s Foresight Concept as an innovative sample of introducing strategic foresight to new students of the field … Continued