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Education, Agency, Crisis, and Emergence: A WorldFuture Sampler.

The article presents information from the 2012 WorldFuture conference held by the World Future Society. Thomas Frey, executive director of the DaVinci Institute discussed how the education system will shift focus from teaching to learning through emerging technologies and social contexts. Members of...

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Published in:Futurist Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 54 - 56
Main Author: Hochfelder, David
Format: Proceeding
Published: World Future Society Nov/Dec2012
Subjects:
Frey, Thomas
Jarratt, Jennifer
Mahaffie, John
Marien, Michael
Halal, William
Conferences & conventions
Agent (Philosophy)
Futurologists
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article presents information from the 2012 WorldFuture conference held by the World Future Society. Thomas Frey, executive director of the DaVinci Institute discussed how the education system will shift focus from teaching to learning through emerging technologies and social contexts. Members of Leading Futurists LLC Jennifer Jarratt and John Mahaffie covered the relationship of human agency to futures work. Futurists Michael Marien and William Halal debated global climate change.