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Future or futures?

Auður Ingimarsdóttir, Sigurkarl Stefánsson, Caitlin Wilson

I SEE project

• In contemporary society, uncertainty prevails

(Rosa, 2013)

• The future is perceived as threatening, and

science and technology are problematic (Benasayag & Schmit, 2005)

• Young people have difficulty imagining a

bright future (Sjøberg & Schreiner, 2010)

Goals of the project

• To develop pedagogical methods for

working with complex science issues in upper secondary school in ways that develop students‘ future imagination and agency.

Goals of the project

Students gain:

• Activities that make the topic personally

relevant

• New vocabulary
• Ability to see possibilities
• Belief in their ability to influence the future—
• r futures

Partners

What is possible?

• This or that?

What are futures studies?

Academic area that works to:

• Describe the future
• Anticipate for possible futures
• Plan for probable futures
• Influence the future

Futures scientists say...

• In science class we learn that the future is

predictable.

• In history class we learn that the future is

unpredictable and chaotic.

• From our parents, teachers and counselors

we learn that our future is a choice.

But, the futures are actually many:

• The future you expect if everything

continues as is – momentum

• The futures that could happen is

something else happens – disruption

• The futures we wish for and try to make

true – agency

The cone of plausibility!

For Additional Information

Phone +1.281.433.4160 E-mail peter@teachthefuture.org Web teachthefuture.org houstonfutures.org

• Dr. Peter Bishop

Educator, Facilitator, Futurist