Learning for Uncertainty explores technology's role in education,
specifically unpacking the question: How should educators prepare
today's children for a world that has yet to be made?
As technology evolves faster than our capacity to fully understand the
social, cultural, economic, and moral implications of many innovations,
today's educators are tasked with the unique role of preparing students
to capitalize on technology's opportunities and also mitigate its
dangers to their society, to democratic processes, and to institutions.
Veteran educators McDiarmid and Zhao explore the implications of
emerging technologies for future jobs, organizations, students, and
learning, covering topics such as
- The future of work and workers as technology eliminates some
industries while creating new ones.
- Potential futures, both bright and dark, awaiting students.
- The qualities, dispositions, social behaviors, and skills that are
likely to advantage students in the future.
- The possibility of technology to revolutionize education in ways that
will better position students for an uncertain future.
- How technology can free teachers from time and effort devoted to
routine matters to instead assuming roles that are potentially more
satisfying and supportive of their students' learning.
- Learning opportunities and educator roles that have the potential to
bring about needed changes.
- Capitalizing on these uncertain times to rethink curriculum,
pedagogy, opportunities to learn, and the organization of school as well
as the roles of students, educators, parents, and policymakers.
This latest book in the Routledge Leading Change series is ideal reading
for educators and policymakers in both P-12 and higher education
interested in ensuring our education systems provide the experiences and
learning opportunities necessary to cultivate the innovative,
iconoclastic, and generative thinkers and creators needed for a future
that nourishes the minds, bodies, and spirits of all.