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Education for Sustainability and the Role of Future-Focus Pedagogy

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Part of the book series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research ((GCEP,volume 12))

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This chapter argues that an explicitly futures-focused approach is essential for students to be able to actively engage with education for sustainability (EfS). It is argued that given the current global situation, it is clear that sustainability is the key issue for global pedagogies in the early twenty-first century and beyond. The chapter suggests that one of the key pedagogical roles of Futures Education (FE) is to enable all students, whatever their age, to become active participants in creating and learning to bring forth a different reality of sustainability and to generate a renewed sense of hope and purpose for a sustainable future that is worth living for in the global culture.

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    Caroline Smith

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    Joseph Zajda

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Smith, C. (2010). Education for Sustainability and the Role of Future-Focus Pedagogy. In: Zajda, J. (eds) Global Pedagogies. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3617-9_9

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