Education is about developing minds that are ready to thrive in the
complex uncertainties of the postmodern world: minds that are
curious, confident, critical and collaborative. But how is that to
be achieved? What are the implications for schools and teachers of
rethinking education in this way?
In "Learning for Life in the 21st Century," a collection of
distinguished international educators and researchers bend their
minds to this problem - and come up with solutions and suggestions
that are practical, challenging, and sometimes surprising.
The book starts from the premise that the most significant
factors in shaping minds are the cultural setting in which learning
takes place, the activities in which participants engage, and the
discourse among them. Underlining the wide acceptance of this
perspective, the contributors are drawn from a range of countries:
Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, the UK and
the US . Each chapter explores the ideas and challenges that a
sociocultural perspective raises for different aspects of schooling
and lifelong education.
What emerges is a coherent and comprehensive picture of what
education needs to become in the context of escalating relativism
and diversity in the world. The contributions are written in a
thoughtful, engaging style, free from unnecessary technological
jargon, and the volume is structured clearly to correspond to the
chronological organization of education.
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