Educational Theory of the Unforeseen: Educating for an Unpredictable Future - Softcover

Glenn-Egil Torgersen; Herner Saeverot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350356069 ISBN 13: 9781350356061

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK), 2024

Synopsis

Is it possible to teach, learn and train for something that is not yet known? This open access book is the first to present research-based studies of the values and dangers of unforeseen events related to education. The climate emergency, the Covid-19 pandemic, the rise of authoritarianism and extremism have placed new demands on different sectors’ views of knowledge, as well as the content and facilitation of education. The unforeseen interferes with the everyday life of everyone. The authors present pedagogy of the unforeseen as an opportunity, a productive moment, one can utilize for learning in which traditional views of knowledge, methods and strategies must be challenged. They argue that less emphasis should be placed on goals and results in school-based education and for teaching methods that better prepare students for unforeseen events.

The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Western Norway University.

About this title

About the Author

Herner Saeverot is Professor of Education at Western Norway University, Norway.

Glenn-Egil Torgersen is Professor of Education at the University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK)
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350356069
• ISBN 13: 9781350356061
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136