[AUS]Affrica Taylor, [CAN]Veronica PaciniKetchabaw, [AUS]Mindy Blaise, [USA]Iveta Silova
(Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia 2601; Faculty of Education, The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada N6A 3k7; School of Education, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia 6027; Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education, Arizona State University, Phoenix, U.S.85212)
Abstract:
In the face of multiple existential threats we have brought upon ourselves, this background paper calls for education to be reimagined and reconfigured around the future survival of the planet.To this end, we offer seven visionary declarations of what education could look like in 2050 and beyond.These declarations proceed from three premises.Firstly, human and planetary sustainability is one and the same thing.Secondly, any attempts to achieve sustainable futures that continue to separate humans from the rest of the world are delusional and futile.And thirdly, education needs to play a pivotal role in radically reconfiguring our place and agency within this interdependent world.This requires a complete paradigm shift: from learning about the world in order to act upon it, to learning to become with the world around us.Our future survival depends on our capacity to make this shift.
KeyWords:
learning to become with the world; future survival; survival education; education declaration; sustainable development
