Teach the Future reposted this
Futures education, futures literacy, and futures thinking are terms we use frequently in the foresight/futures studies bubble. It's always useful to crack open the 'futurese' jargon and discuss what it means to meaningfully engage with futures. ⭐ Often framed as a professional activity essential for "planning", guiding "decision making" or orienting "strategies", futures studies could be more generously placed in the realm of humanities where, along other human capacities, imagination and anticipation should be nurtured and celebrated. 🌱 In this light, futures education is more like tending to a garden. Like doing the soil work that turns it into fertile ground for seeds to grow into flowers such as human creativity, a heightened awareness of the mechanisms of change, agency coupled with humbleness, a sense of taking part into shaping something yet non-existent. Peter Bishop, founder of Teach the Future, argues that this garden should welcome everyone, including very young people—especially them. 👉 Find your patch of shade, grab your lemonade and press play: https://lnkd.in/d-cwWYET *** This is Futures4Europe conversations, initiated by the Eye of Europe project – a series of dialogues between Bianca Dragomir and professionals from all over the world, who engage in work that is future sensitive.